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A rare small inscribed gold and silver-inlaid bronze 'tortoise' weight, Warring States period / Han dynasty | 戰國 / 漢 銅錯金銀龜形鎮

Auction Closed

March 20, 05:40 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the underside cast with an unidentified inscription


Length 1¾ in., 4.3 cm

Christie's New York, 30th March 2005, lot 236.


來源:

紐約佳士得2005年3月30日,編號236

Compare a very similar gold and silver-inlaid bronze weight in the form of a tortoise, included in the exhibitions Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, From the Anthony and Susan Hardy Collections and the Sze Yuan Tang, Singapore, 2000, cat. no. 80 and Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002, cat. no. 99, and later sold at Christie's New York, 16th September 2010, lot 907.