Lot Essay
A similar gilt-bronze plaque of an ungulate was included in the O.C.S. exhibition, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated by Rawson and Bunker in the Catalogue, no. 234
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR AND HEDWIG WORCH
A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL EARLY GILT-BRONZE OBJECTS
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A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL EARLY GILT-BRONZE OBJECTS
WARRING STATES TO TANG DYNASTY
Including a bronze ring inlaid with gold-wire scrolls, Warring States; a gilt-bronze animal-leg fitting, Han Dynasty; an Ordos gilt-bronze applique of a leaping ungulate, Western Han Dynasty; and two gilt-bronze figures of Guanyin, Tang Dynasty; together with a small cloisonne figure of a qilin, Qianlong, with a central aperture in its back--2 to 3 1/8in. (5.1 to 8cm.) high (6)
WARRING STATES TO TANG DYNASTY
Including a bronze ring inlaid with gold-wire scrolls, Warring States; a gilt-bronze animal-leg fitting, Han Dynasty; an Ordos gilt-bronze applique of a leaping ungulate, Western Han Dynasty; and two gilt-bronze figures of Guanyin, Tang Dynasty; together with a small cloisonne figure of a qilin, Qianlong, with a central aperture in its back--2 to 3 1/8in. (5.1 to 8cm.) high (6)