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Property from a Distinguished Japanese Collection

A rare large bronze figure of a tiger, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周 戰國 青銅虎鈕

Auction Closed

March 20, 05:40 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Length 12½ in., 31.7 cm

This large finely cast bronze tiger was originally the handle of what would have been a chunyu bell of exceptional size. Another smaller chunyu bell handle, on loan to the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, between 1983 and 1998, was sold in our London rooms, 16th May 2012, lot 252.