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拍品專文
An almost identical vessel is illustrated by Bo Gyllensvärd, Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, 1971, p. 45. Another similar example with a rider is illustrated by Ma Chengyuan (ed.), Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 343, pl. 123.
When published by Eskenazi, Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art, New York, 1998, the entry for this bronze, no. 8, noted that the exact purpose of these vessels is unclear. The entry proposes that the tube behind the foreleg might have held incense sticks, while the removable tube in the back might have held a wick for the oil stored in the body. The removable tube could also have been used as a dropper to draw up oil or other liquids stored in the body.
When published by Eskenazi, Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art, New York, 1998, the entry for this bronze, no. 8, noted that the exact purpose of these vessels is unclear. The entry proposes that the tube behind the foreleg might have held incense sticks, while the removable tube in the back might have held a wick for the oil stored in the body. The removable tube could also have been used as a dropper to draw up oil or other liquids stored in the body.