A GILT COPPER ALLOY ‘PHOENIX’ REPOUSSÉ ORNAMENT, WARRING STATES PERIODChina, 475-221 BC. The emblem thinly cast and neatly cut out in the form of a standing phoenix with spreading wings and long tail, the beak open and claws spread, pierced at the center with an aperture for mounting.Provenance: From a noted Hungarian private collection.Condition: Good condition with some wear, minor warping, nibbling to the edges, light surface scratches, small cracks, small losses, soil encrustations. Fine, naturally grown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustations. The gilt well preserved, thus displaying remarkably well.Weight: 48.7 g Dimensions: Length 19.8 cmLiterature comparison:Compare a closely related gilt-copper repoussé tiger emblem, 36.1 cm long, dated to the Spring and Autumn to Warring States periods, in the Baiyin Museum, Gansu Province.戰國時期錘鍱鎏金鳳凰紋銅牌中國，公元前475-221 年。銅牌薄鑄工整，呈展翅鳳凰狀，長尾，喙爪張開，中央穿孔，供安放之用。 來源：知名匈牙利私人收藏。 品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損、輕微翹曲、邊緣磨損、表面輕微劃痕、小裂縫、小缺損、土壤結殼。精美的天然包漿，帶有綠色紅色結殼。鎏金保存完好。 重量：48.7 克 尺寸：長19.8 厘米 文獻比較： 比較一件非常相近的春秋至戰國時期錘鍱鎏金銅虎徽，長36.1厘米，收藏於中國甘肅省白銀博物館。