拍品專文
Compare a similar gilt-bronze mask and ring handle illustrated in Kandai no bijitsu, Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, 1974, p. 30, no. 2-90.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MASK AND RING HANDLES
NORTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
細節
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MASK AND RING HANDLES
NORTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
Each mask cast with pointed snout above a down-curved tab to hold the separate faceted ring and flanked by bared teeth and fangs, with bulging eyes, curled horns centered by a foliate motif and a pair of pointed ears, each with two apertures for attachment; together with a gilt-bronze support hollow cast as a hoof issuing from a taotie mask, Han dynasty, with a tab projecting from the back for attachment
Masks and rings 7½ in. (19 cm.) long overall; support 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, one stand (3)
NORTHERN DYNASTIES, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
Each mask cast with pointed snout above a down-curved tab to hold the separate faceted ring and flanked by bared teeth and fangs, with bulging eyes, curled horns centered by a foliate motif and a pair of pointed ears, each with two apertures for attachment; together with a gilt-bronze support hollow cast as a hoof issuing from a taotie mask, Han dynasty, with a tab projecting from the back for attachment
Masks and rings 7½ in. (19 cm.) long overall; support 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, one stand (3)
來源
Chen Chi Collection, Tokyo.