A set of three gilt-bronze leaf-shaped harness fittings


Liao DynastyEach exquisitely chased with a soaring phoenix spreading its wings against a ring-punched ground, enclosed by foliate borders and suspended from a clasp, box, 14.3cm (5 5/8in) long; together with a circular ornament fitting and a gilt-bronze musical tuner cast in low relief with a coiling dragon, Tang dynasty, box, the largest 4.3cm (1 3/4in) diam.; and a silver-inlaid geometrical patterned goose-head belt hook, Han dynasty, 17cm (6 3/4in) long. (8).
|ProvenanceThe Mengdiexuan CollectionExhibited Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong & Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 December 1990 (gilt-bronze musical tuner)Published and IllustratedJ.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 1990, p.200, no.113 (gilt-bronze musical tuner)