A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CORNER MOUNT
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CORNER MOUNT WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The V-shaped mount is cast in openwork as two mythical beasts confronted at the corner where the two heads become one head with a common muzzle and open mouth. Each animal shown in profile in a semi-crouching position has tapered ears and long bifurcated crest inlaid with feather-like segments, one segment swept forward across the neck, the other swept back onto the rump below the long, striped, S-shaped tail. The muscular body is inlaid with wide interlocking geometric scrolls and fine linear scrolls, those on the neck, front haunch and lower leg terminating in a small bird head, and with further feather-segmented scrolls on the rear haunch and leg. The whole is surmounted by an angular bracket inlaid with rectangular panels formed by scroll-filled triangles, and has a shallow groove on the undecorated reverse. 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 cm.)
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CORNER MOUNT
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CORNER MOUNT WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC The V-shaped mount is cast in openwork as two mythical beasts confronted at the corner where the two heads become one head with a common muzzle and open mouth. Each animal shown in profile in a semi-crouching position has tapered ears and long bifurcated crest inlaid with feather-like segments, one segment swept forward across the neck, the other swept back onto the rump below the long, striped, S-shaped tail. The muscular body is inlaid with wide interlocking geometric scrolls and fine linear scrolls, those on the neck, front haunch and lower leg terminating in a small bird head, and with further feather-segmented scrolls on the rear haunch and leg. The whole is surmounted by an angular bracket inlaid with rectangular panels formed by scroll-filled triangles, and has a shallow groove on the undecorated reverse. 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 7.9 cm.)
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