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A PAIR OF BRONZE BIRD-FORM
JINGLES 824
6TH-5TH CENTURY BC A BRONZE BIRD-HEADED FINIAL
Each jingle is formed by a bird seated at NORTHWEST CHINA, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
the top of a tang pierced at the bottom The fnial is formed by a tube cast at the top with the head of a raptor
with an attachment hole. The hollow and pierced on one side below the head with a hole for attachment
body of each plump bird encloses a loose to a pole.
ball and is cut on either side with two 2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high
slits.
3Ω in. (9 cm.) high $1,000-1,500

(2) PROVENANCE
$2,000-3,000
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
PROVENANCE
LITERATURE
Dr. Ping Yiu Tam Collection, Hong Kong.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993. J. F. So and E. C. Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China’s Northern
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Frontier, Washington D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1995, p. 121,
Florida. no. 38.

LITERATURE Compare two bronze bird-headed pole fnials of this type
illustrated by A. Salmony, Sino-Siberian Art in the Collection of C.
J. Rawson and E. Bunker, Ancient Chinese T. Loo, Paris, 1933, pl. VI (3 and 4). Each is described as the head
and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic of an eagle.
Society, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 313, no. 195.
公元前五至四世紀 青銅鳥形仗首
公元前六至五世紀 青銅鳥形鑾鈴
一對

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