A Rare Archaic Bronze Animal Handle Late Shang / Early Western Zhou Dynasty the fragment composed of a feline seated upright straddling a horned mythical beast with a wide open fanged mouth, devouring the head of a creature stuck in its mouth, the three-clawed paws of the victim grasping the neck of the beast, its lower body morphing into the head of an elephant, the tail of the beast seamlessly forming the curled trunk of the tusked animal with its head inverted, the texture of the various animals picked out with different patterns, the underside left hollow filled with core material and mud, the patina of grayish black tone with malachite encrustation, metal stand 20.5 cm., 8 1/8 in.
A Rare Archaic Bronze Animal Handle Late Shang / Early Western Zhou Dynasty the fragment composed of a feline seated upright straddling a horned mythical beast with a wide open fanged mouth, devouring the head of a creature stuck in its mouth, the three-clawed paws of the victim grasping the neck of the beast, its lower body morphing into the head of an elephant, the tail of the beast seamlessly forming the curled trunk of the tusked animal with its head inverted, the texture of the various animals picked out with different patterns, the underside left hollow filled with core material and mud, the patina of grayish black tone with malachite encrustation, metal stand 20.5 cm., 8 1/8 in.
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