AN ARCHAIC BRONZE AXLE CAP AND PEG, WEI Warring States Period With a flaring base, rising to a hollowed cylindrical body, cast around the exterior with studs, the peg running through two rectangular apertures near the base, terminating with a tiger finial. 8.2cm (3 3/8in) long. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 戰國 銅雲紋立虎車軎 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.6. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號6 The lynch-pins of such axle caps are more normally cast in the form of monster masks, but for similar examples with animal lynch-pins, see G.Wong and L.Yeow, War and Ritual: Treasures from the Warring States 475-221 BC, Singapore, 1993, pp.32-33. Compare with two related axle caps and pegs, both Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.168-169, nos.70 and 72; and see also Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2006, no.15. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com