TWO SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FITTINGS

TWO SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FITTINGS

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

One is a hollow-cast ferrule decorated on both sides of the tapering oval section with a long-necked bird beside a dragon head that projects from the front edge, its body continuing into the upper section which is cast in the shape of an animal leg. The other is a hollow-cast chariot fitting of lenticular section decorated with birds above and below an encircling raised band.

5 and 4 3/8 in. (12.6 and 11.2 cm.) high