SIX DYNASTIES/TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY
細節
THREE SMALL GILT-BRONZE ANIMALS
SIX DYNASTIES/TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY
One a fitting cast as a leaping lion with two loops on the back; one a recumbent qilin with bared teeth, with a tiny hole through the end of the horn; the third a seated lion with raised right foot and wings rising from the front haunches
4 1/8 and 1 3/8 (10.5 and 3.5 cm.) long, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high (3)
SIX DYNASTIES/TANG DYNASTY, 3RD-9TH CENTURY
One a fitting cast as a leaping lion with two loops on the back; one a recumbent qilin with bared teeth, with a tiny hole through the end of the horn; the third a seated lion with raised right foot and wings rising from the front haunches
4 1/8 and 1 3/8 (10.5 and 3.5 cm.) long, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high (3)
來源
Leaping lion: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
Qilin: acquired prior to 1977.
Seated lion: acquired prior to 1977.
Qilin: acquired prior to 1977.
Seated lion: acquired prior to 1977.