A RARE PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE HARNESS FITTINGS
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
A RARE PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE HARNESS FITTINGS WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC Each comprised of a domed bronze ring from which project three posts surmounted by taotie masks covered in gold foil, the outward-facing masks with protruding tongue, small nose, bulbous eyes below small ears and curved horns, with areas of beaded detailing, with malachite green and azurite encrustation 2 in. (5 cm.) across Wt. 87.1 and 88.8 g. (2)
A RARE PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE HARNESS FITTINGS
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
A RARE PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE HARNESS FITTINGS WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC Each comprised of a domed bronze ring from which project three posts surmounted by taotie masks covered in gold foil, the outward-facing masks with protruding tongue, small nose, bulbous eyes below small ears and curved horns, with areas of beaded detailing, with malachite green and azurite encrustation 2 in. (5 cm.) across Wt. 87.1 and 88.8 g. (2)
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