Lot 9. An Ordos circular gold fitting, 6th-4th century BC, 3cm., 1 1/8 in. Estimate 500 — 700 GBP. Lot sold 750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

cast as a conical disc and decorated on one side in raised relief with four animal heads with large eyes and ears, all encircled by a border of striations. Weight 12g.

Exhibited: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1954-55, cat. no. 27.

Literature: Gyllensvärd, 1953, pl. 27.

Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 26. 

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008