Lot Essay
Ear cups, which were used for wine, are one of the most characteristic vessel forms of the Han dynasty and were made in numerous materials including lacquer, jade, bronze, and earthenware.
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HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Details
A Small Gilt-Bronze Ear Cup
Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
The oval body with two 'ear'-form handles raised on a flat conforming base, the interior, tops of the handles and a narrow band on the exterior of the rim gilded; together with a small bronze figure of a horse, Han dynasty, solid-cast facing forward and with arched tail, with green encrustation
3½ and 2 1/8in. (8.9 and 5.4cm.) long, one box
Falk Collection nos. 700 and 537. (2)
Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
The oval body with two 'ear'-form handles raised on a flat conforming base, the interior, tops of the handles and a narrow band on the exterior of the rim gilded; together with a small bronze figure of a horse, Han dynasty, solid-cast facing forward and with arched tail, with green encrustation
3½ and 2 1/8in. (8.9 and 5.4cm.) long, one box
Falk Collection nos. 700 and 537. (2)
Provenance
Bronze horse: Harry Nail, San Francisco, 1964.
Exhibited
Both: Early Chinese Miniatures, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1977, no. 53 (ear cup) and no. 70 (horse).