AN UNUSUAL GLASS-INSET GILT-BRONZE SECTION OF A PILLOW CHINA, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8) One end of the section of the pierced, rectangular, gilt-bronze frame cast in low relief on the sides with the forequarters of a recumbent mythical beast, its upraised head cast with small horns above the ears, the front of the animal's neck inset with two white glass inlays, and the back of the head with a two-part glass plaque carved with a decorative motive, the glass now opaque and altered to buff color 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) long, hongmu stand Provenance Chen Hui-ling, 1988. The Irving Collection, no. 1945.
AN UNUSUAL GLASS-INSET GILT-BRONZE SECTION OF A PILLOW CHINA, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8) One end of the section of the pierced, rectangular, gilt-bronze frame cast in low relief on the sides with the forequarters of a recumbent mythical beast, its upraised head cast with small horns above the ears, the front of the animal's neck inset with two white glass inlays, and the back of the head with a two-part glass plaque carved with a decorative motive, the glass now opaque and altered to buff color 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) long, hongmu stand Provenance Chen Hui-ling, 1988. The Irving Collection, no. 1945.
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