A BRONZE AND GOLD HARNESS FITTING SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC The circular fitting is comprised of three cast gold animal masks raised on bronze posts that project from the top of the domed bronze ring, the outward-facing masks with protruding tongue, small nose, and bulbous eyes below small ears and curved horns. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diam. Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no.CK3. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 12.
A BRONZE AND GOLD HARNESS FITTING SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC The circular fitting is comprised of three cast gold animal masks raised on bronze posts that project from the top of the domed bronze ring, the outward-facing masks with protruding tongue, small nose, and bulbous eyes below small ears and curved horns. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diam. Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no.CK3. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 12.
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