£750
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
漢 錯金銀銅鳩丈首
realistically moulded in the form of a pigeon supported on a tubular stand for mounting onto a staff, the body with remnant of silver and gold inlay
Note: a closely comparable example, also dated to the Western Han dynasty, is in the collection of the Nara National Museum, accession number 1317-373