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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERWIN HARRIS
TWO GILT-BRONZE BELT PLAQUES OF WOLVES
NORTHWEST CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Details
TWO GILT-BRONZE BELT PLAQUES OF WOLVES
NORTHWEST CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Each plaque is cast as a wolf walking with head lowered, its long mane terminating in an eared raptor head. The reverse of each exhibits a woven textile pattern acquired during the lost wax/lost textile casting process. One has an opening in the jaws and one vertical attachment loop on the reverse, the other has two vertical attachment loops.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) wide
NORTHWEST CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Each plaque is cast as a wolf walking with head lowered, its long mane terminating in an eared raptor head. The reverse of each exhibits a woven textile pattern acquired during the lost wax/lost textile casting process. One has an opening in the jaws and one vertical attachment loop on the reverse, the other has two vertical attachment loops.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Upper plaque: acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
Lower plaque: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1990.
Both: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
Lower plaque: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1990.
Both: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
Literature
Lower plaque: J. Rawson and E. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 339, no. 219 (right).
Exhibited
Lower plaque: Hong Kong Museum, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October-2 December 1990, no. 219 (part).