Length 6 cm, 2⅜ in.
来源:Girolamo Varaschini (1899-1954) 收藏,此後家族傳承
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说明:Compare a pair of fittings of almost identical design included in Chugoku sengoku jidai no bijutsu [The Art of the Warring States Period], Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, Osaka, 1991, cat. no. 197, where the authors describes them as canopy fittings (Gaigongmao) used to support the fabric of chariots umbrellas.
Living and working in Shanghai, Dalian, Beijing, and other cultural centers throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Girolamo Varaschini (1889-1954) formed among the most important Chinese art collections of his day in Italy and lent several of his finest treasures to the landmark Mostra d’Arte Cinese exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, in 1954.