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A GROUP OF NINE BRONZE FIGURAL FITTINGS, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) AND LATER
comprising a bronze belt buckle in the form of a recumbent ram, its long horns joined to the body; an ornament cast with two small mirrored horses joined to the body atop a circle; a recumbent stag fitting, with twisted horns; further three smaller plaques similarly cast in the form of horn animals, each crouched on its legs; a bronze ornament in the form of two stylised raptor-head snakes coiled around a central boss forming a figure-eight; a plaque in the form of a two headed coiled snake forming a figure eight; and a further small pendant cast as a feline eating its prey -- The first, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high. (9)
comprising a bronze belt buckle in the form of a recumbent ram, its long horns joined to the body; an ornament cast with two small mirrored horses joined to the body atop a circle; a recumbent stag fitting, with twisted horns; further three smaller plaques similarly cast in the form of horn animals, each crouched on its legs; a bronze ornament in the form of two stylised raptor-head snakes coiled around a central boss forming a figure-eight; a plaque in the form of a two headed coiled snake forming a figure eight; and a further small pendant cast as a feline eating its prey -- The first, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high. (9)
Provenance
First to Third and Fifth to Eighth: Acquired prior to 1978; Fourth: William Mayer Collection. C.T. Loo, New York. Frank Caro, New York, 1960; Ninth: Walther Dietick Hoops Collection, Germany, 1960.
Literature
Second: Carter, Dagny; China Magnificent. Five Thousand Years of Chinese Art. New York, 1935; p. 35.
Fourth, Seventh and Ninth: Bunker, Emma C.; Kawami, Trudy S.; with Linduff, Katheryn M.; Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, 1997; cat. no. 122, 208b; pp. 107-108.
Fourth, Seventh and Ninth: Bunker, Emma C.; Kawami, Trudy S.; with Linduff, Katheryn M.; Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, 1997; cat. no. 122, 208b; pp. 107-108.
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