A Chinese Bronze Tiger's Head Linch-pin, Xia , Possibly - Nov 16, 2015 | Dreweatts Donnington Priory In United Kingdom
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A Chinese bronze Tiger's head linch-pin, xia , possibly
A Chinese bronze Tiger's head linch-pin, xia , possibly
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A Chinese bronze Tiger's head linch-pin, xia , possibly Warring States, from a chariot designed to slot into the axle cap, the flat rectangular pin pierced with an aperture and surmounted with a tiger head, detailed eyes and teeth, 8cm high Provenance: An English Family Collection before 1950. Chinese chariot linch-pins, xia , usually date between the late Shang and the Warring States periods and often have stylised animal heads including, rhino, rabbit and xilin amongst others. This example is quite close to one in the British Museum 1947.0712.351a-b, dated to late Shang-Western Zhou (1200-900 BC) For more background see A J Barbieri-Low, Wheeled vehicles in the Chinese bronze age , Philadelphia, 2000, 26-7. -1战国(可能)青铜虎头形车辖
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A Chinese bronze Tiger's head linch-pin, xia , possibly

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