A CIRCULAR GOLD FITTING EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

the thin gold sheet decorated in repousse with six interlaced dragons symmetrically arranged around a central four-pointed floret, the scales of their spines and tails with finely punched detailing, the design encircled with a beaded band, the everted rim punched with four sets of holes for attachment, the reverse with some malachite encrustation

Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1954-55, cat. no. 5.

Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 4, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 5.

Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 5.

The fitting is overall good condition for its age and has very light overall surface wear to the gold.
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