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TWO GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE FERRULES
Warring StatesThe first a dun of hollow cylindrical form with an almond-shaped cross-section, divided into two registers by a raised band, each register finely inlaid with a design of winged mythical beasts, geometric patterns and scrolls; the second a zun, divided along its length into three sections by raised bands with a raised ridges, the top two sections of almond-shaped cross-section, the third tapering towards the end and terminating in a horse-hoof foot, each section inlaid with patterns of abstract birds, scrolls and waves; both with a longitudinal piercing, lucite stands. 6 1/4in (16cm) high, the taller
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戰國 銅錯金銀卷雲飛獸紋鐏鐓兩件ProvenanceSusan Chen Ltd., Hong Kong, 13 January 1997Property from the Collection of William N. Wood Prince, Chicago, Illinois Christie's, New York, 10-11 January 2012, lot 335來源Susan Chen Ltd.,香港,1997年1月13日芝加哥William N. Wood Prince舊藏紐約佳士得,2012年1月10-11日,拍品編號335The Warring States period encompassed the latter part of the Zhou dynasty when a number of states declared independence from the Zhou and fought each other for dominance. Both functional and ceremonial articles of war became important status and power symbols for the military and ruling elites of these states. Finely cast and inlaid fittings, like the present examples, form a large category of luxury items that adorned functional articles of war.Both these fittings served as butt-ends to the wooden or bamboo shafts of bronze halberds or spears. The longitudinal piercing would have allowed a pin to be inserted to secure it tightly to the shaft once the ferrule was put on. Ferrules with flat bottoms are referred to as dun, while those with horse-hoot ends are called zun.Similar Warring States period examples are illustrated in Pierre Uldry, Chinesisches Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, nos. 65-67. A silver-inlaid bronze zun is illustrated in Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 88; and a gold and silver inlaid zun was sold at Sotheby's New York, 10 September 2019, lot 259.