A RARE GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR 'CHILONG' TUNING KEY Warring States/Han Dynasty Gilt on top and well cast with two interlocking chilong biting each other's tail, their bodies elegantly interlaced to form an elaborate design. 4.5cm (1 3/4in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 戰國/漢 銅鎏金螭龍飾匙 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.3. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號3 See a similar gilt-bronze tuning key, Western Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, no.113; see another example illustrated by J.F.So and E.Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Hong Kong, 1995, no.72. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com