Description
CHINA - Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) Bronze axle cover with a brown and green patina, decorated with a taotie mask in light relief, surmounted by a triangle decorated with two stylized qilongs forming archaic cicada motifs, one triangle on each side. (Small misses). Height : 10,5 cm Provenance : Galerie Souquet, Paris, September 18, 1956.
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CHINA - Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) Bronze axle cover with a brown and green patina, decorated with a taotie mask in light relief, surmounted by a triangle decorated with two stylized qilongs forming archaic cicada motifs, one triangle on each side. (Small misses). Height : 10,5 cm Provenance : Galerie Souquet, Paris, September 18, 1956.