细节
A GROUP OF SIX SMALL BRONZE ANIMAL ORNAMENTS
NORTHERN CHINA, CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC
The group includes three rectangular garment plaques cast in openwork: one with two pairs of recumbent wild asses with backward-turned heads, one with three horses standing in profile, and one with four recumbent ibex or rams facing in opposite directions; a bear-head mask cast in high relief, with hollow eyes and a loop between the ears; a circular ornament cast in openwork as a coiled animal within a pierced border, with an angular loop on the reverse; and a bovine mask cast in high relief, with two small holes for attachment.
1 3/8 to 2 in. (3.4 to 5 cm.) high
来源
Plaque with wild asses: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
Plaque with horses: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
Plaque with rams or ibex: Private collection, Michigan.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 4 November 1978, lot 266.
Bear-head mask: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1991.
Circular ornament: acquired in Paris, 1996.
Bovine mask: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
All: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.