Lot 24

PAIR OF GILT BRONZE TAOTIE-MASK HANDLES
MING DYNASTY OR LATER

Auction: 16 March 2022 from 10:00 GMT
£1,000
Description
明或以後 銅鎏金獸面鋪首銜環(一對)
each cast with curving and bulging eyes, detailed with fine bosses on eyelids, forehead and ears, a pair of everted sharp teeth beneath the flaring nose flank the snout forming a loop holding a large loose ring, both sides of the ring further carved with inscriptions
Dimensions
32.5cm high each; 1583g and 1661g
