A SILVER INLAID BRONZE CROSSBOW FITTING, China, probably Han dynasty, 3rd/2nd ct. BC. Of angular form, the flat top with a raised central area curving down on one side, the opposite side with a square opening. Inlaid with elaborately curved stylized bird motifs and with formal scrollwork on the raised area. - Provenance: Collection of Julius Eberhardt, Vienna, bought in 1998 from L.H.W. Investment & Trading Limited, Hong Kong. - Described and illustrated in: Regina Krahl: Collection Julius Eberhardt, Early Chinese Art, vol 1, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 122f.