An archaic silver-inlaid bronze ferrule, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周 戰國 銅錯銀卷雲紋鐏

An archaic silver-inlaid bronze ferrule

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

東周 戰國 銅錯銀卷雲紋鐏

hollow with a teardrop-shaped socket at one end enclosed by smooth conforming sides inlaid with silver curvilinear designs, each side pierced with a small circular aperture for inserting a pin to secure a pole or weapon, ringed by a raised rope-twist border followed by a hexagonal-section shaft with a waisted neck and slightly domed terminus, all similarly inlaid with scrolling motifs in silver, section of a wood post (2)

Length 4½ in., 11.4 cm