Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A very fine openwork gilt-bronze decorative handle to a chest
Cast in the shape of a Taotie mask with an elaborated angular mane, finely gilded with a round handle on the front.
Size: 8.5cm x 5.5cm
Style of: Warring States - Han (4th – 3rd century BC), age determination uncertain
Christies London catalogue 8th Dec 1986. Orientations, April 1989, pg.9a. Similar, but a belt hook: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/chinese-works-of-art-n08974/lot.9.html
Cast in the shape of a Taotie mask with an elaborated angular mane, finely gilded with a round handle on the front.
Size: 8.5cm x 5.5cm
Style of: Warring States - Han (4th – 3rd century BC), age determination uncertain
Christies London catalogue 8th Dec 1986. Orientations, April 1989, pg.9a. Similar, but a belt hook: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/chinese-works-of-art-n08974/lot.9.html