A GILT COPPER ALLOY ‘PHOENIX’ REPOUSSÉ ORNAMENT, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. The emblem thinly cast and neatly cut out in the form of a standing phoenix with spreading wings and long tail, the beak open and claws spread, pierced at the center with an aperture for mounting.Provenance: From a noted Hungarian private collection.Condition: Good condition with some wear, minor warping, nibbling to the edges, light surface scratches, small cracks, small losses, soil encrustations. Fine, naturally grown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustations. The gilt well preserved, thus displaying remarkably well.Weight: 48.7 gDimensions: Length 19.8 cmLiteratureparisonpare a closely related gilt-copper repoussé tiger emblem, 36.1 cm long, dated to the Spring and Autumn to Warring States periods, in the Baiyin Museum, Gansu Province.戰國時期錘鍱鎏金鳳凰紋銅牌中國，公元前475-221 年。銅牌薄鑄工整，呈展翅鳳凰狀，長尾，喙爪張開，中央穿孔，供安放之用。