Lot 15. A pair of gold and glass fittings, Warring States Period (475-221 BC), 6.7cm., 2 5/8 in. each. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

each of circular form and decorated with a central, slightly convex glass 'eye' beaded disc enclosed by cast bronze ring covered with a thin sheet gold and composed of three fluted bands, the back with thick malachite encrustation. Quantity: 2. Weight 147g.

Exhibited: Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1954-55, cat. no. 6.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 6.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 6.