拍品专文
The form of this bird is in distict contrast to the shape normally found from this area; see lot 296 for an example. Two very similar pieces have been published. One is in a private collection (Treasures of Islam, exhibition catalogue, Geneva 1986, no.255, p.254), while the other is in Berlin (v.Gladiss A.H. and Kröger, J.:Metall, Stein Stuck, Holz, Elfenbein, Stoffe, Berlin - Museum Für Islamische Kunst, Loseblattkatalog, vol.2, Berlin 1985, no.222). The Berlin bird appears identical to ours, but is now lacking its tail. The Geneva bird has an almost identical head, body and wing form to ours. The tail however is parallel to the body, not perpendicular.
In the note to the illustration in the catalogue for the Geneva bird, James Allan points out the influence from Kashmir in the Khorassani love of figural sculptures. It exemplifies this in its crest which is in the form of a horse's head. This is a feature of the human head of Hayagriva in Buddhist sculptures from the Swat Valley and Kashmir (von Schröder, U.: Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong 1981, ch.XI, pl.10F, p.93 for example). Even in the present bird and in the Berlin piece, while the crest appears to be purely scrolling, the lower and upper scrolls are in reality further birds' heads
In the note to the illustration in the catalogue for the Geneva bird, James Allan points out the influence from Kashmir in the Khorassani love of figural sculptures. It exemplifies this in its crest which is in the form of a horse's head. This is a feature of the human head of Hayagriva in Buddhist sculptures from the Swat Valley and Kashmir (von Schröder, U.: Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong 1981, ch.XI, pl.10F, p.93 for example). Even in the present bird and in the Berlin piece, while the crest appears to be purely scrolling, the lower and upper scrolls are in reality further birds' heads