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A TINNED BRONZE LEOPARD-FORM YOKE ORNAMENT
NORTHWEST CHINA, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC
The hollow ftting of U-shaped cross section is cast in the shape of a crouching leopard
shown facing forward with jaws open exposing the fangs and with the tail arched up
onto the back. The comma scrolls on the body most likely representing the leopard’s
spots.
3¡ in. (8.5 cm.) long
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.

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. 116, no. 31 and p. 44, col. pl. 7.
J. F. So, ‘Bronze Weapons, Harness and Personal Ornaments: Signs of Qin’s Contacts
with the Northwest’, Orientations, November 1995, p. 39, fg.7. (left), where the author
identifes the yoke ornament and another as of leopard shape.

公元前六至五世紀 中國西北部 鍍錫青銅虎形飾

40 THE HARRIS COLLECTION:
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART