Bronze. Asia, China, in the style of Eastern Han
DIAMETER 18,8 CM
From a Viennese private collection
The spherical central knob with loop enclosed by a square border surrounded with four nipples (“stars”) and four beasts (tiger, dragon, galloping horse and rider, mythical creature with the neck bent backwards and bearing horns), further enclosed of an encircling ray-pattern, the rim cut in a relief with lines comprising abstracted dragons. Strong age patina partly with reddish and green patches, some sections without patina.