WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, (CIRCA 1100-771 BC)

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A BRONZE HORSE CHANFRON ORNAMENT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, (CIRCA 1100-771 BC)
The fitting is cast with a hollow hemispherical 'tongue' that issues from a feline mask with large nose, and bulbous eyes set below upswept brows and downward, curving horns. The surface has a mottled green patina.
11 11/16 in. (29.8 cm.) long, wood stand

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York.
Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull; Sothebys, New York, 6 December 1983, lot 34.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.

Exhibited

Stanford University Museum. Arts of the Chou Dynasty, 21 February - 28 March 1958, no. 33.
University Museum, Philadelphia, 1959.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar bronze chanfron from the Desmond Gure Collection, illustrated in Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 34, no. 63. Another bronze chanfron of this type, with a grinning animal mask, from the collection of Oscar Raphael, is illustrated in the catalogue of The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 231.

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