0167 - Bronze knocker decorated with phoenix and interlaced serpents. The r...Front

Bronze knocker decorated with phoenix and interlaced serpents. The ring of the knocker is held below the mouth of an animal mask which in turn supports a phoenix on its forehead. The wings of the phoenix are each wound round by a serpent with back-turned head. Warring States Period (475 - 221 B.C.). H. 45.5 cm. Unearthed in 1966 at Yihsien, Hopei Province.