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dark brown patina; linear silver inlay on garments and saddle; man with small moustache and beard, seated on a horse; man in turned slightly toward PL, with his PL arm bent at the elbow, across his stomach, and his PR arm down toward his PR side; hole in fists for holding objects (missing); horse has PL front hoof raised; ovoid quatrefoil base with scalloped edge

General Guan Yu on Horseback, late 17th century

China

G214

This example is in the form af an elephant head with large ears and a short, raised trunk. The former are joined to short horns that stem from the forhead shield of a t'ao-t'ieh like mask. The ears are adorned with large spirals inlaid with silver. The eyes, one still filled with turquoise inlay, are outlined with a band of silver inlay. The horns are tipped with silver and a motif above the nose is executed in silver inlay. The stud at the back of the head is round and fairly large, It too displays a motif in silver inlay. Patina grey-green with small areas of bright green on front and back.

Belt hook, 600-222 BCE

China

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