HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Details

A GILT-BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FINIAL
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) long, lucite and composite stand

Provenance

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 21 February 1998.

Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Arts of the Han Dynasty, New York, 1998, no. 29.
S. Moore, "In the Galleries", Art+Auction, March 1998.
W. Moonan, "Antiques: Simplicity in Bronze", The New York Times, 27 March 1998, section E, p. 41.

Exhibited

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Arts of the Han Dynasty, 25 March-11 April 1998.

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Lot Essay

This finely cast fitting is very similar to one excavated from Han tomb no. 2 at Ganquan in Hanjiang, Jiangsu province, and illustrated in Wenwu, 1981:11, pl. 2, fig. 5, and p. 6, fig. 15. See, also, the similar fitting from the Eastern Han tomb of Xianyu Huang (d. AD 125) near Lancheng in Wuqing county, Hebei province, illustrated in Kaogu Xuebao, 1982:3, pl. 19, fig. 2. Compare another similar fitting formerly in the collection of Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), sold at A Collecting Journey: The Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection; Sotheby's New York, 18 March 2025, lot 145.

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