Bronze with gilding. China, late Warring States to Western Han, approx. 3rd to 2nd cent. BC
Small clasp gou with ovoid body, der schmale Auslauf ist considerably recessed with a little dragon head. The visible side offers the powerfully carved relief of a dragon head with pointed ears; behind a significant cloud spiral; also the claws of a dragon. Rest of past gilding, often overrun by defined green age patina.
LENGTH 9,5 CM
From a German private collection