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821 (drawing by Erwin Harris)
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE HARNESS FITTING WITH JINGLE
NORTHWEST CHINA, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
The upper section of the fat-backed ftting is a rounded openwork
jingle enclosing a loose ball that is formed by fve rams, their
muzzles joined at the center, on the reverse are four attachment
loops, the lower section is a trefoil fange pierced with scrolls. The
front of the ornament is tinned.
3º in. (8.2 cm.) long
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 12 December 1989, lot 114.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
LITERATURE
J. F. So and E. C. Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China’s Northern
Frontier, Washington D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1995, p. 131,
no. 49.
公元前五至四世紀 青銅羊紋鈴飾件
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