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848 (rubbing) Rubbing by Li Zhi (李穉拓)
AN UNUSUAL GILT-BRONZE PLAQUE
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The plaque has an inverted Y-shape in the openwork center and
the front is cast in low relief with various beasts including deer, a
tiger, birds, a ram, an ibex, and a dragon. The fat reverse has two
small vertical attachment loops at the top.
3√ in. (9.8 cm.) wide

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1991.
A similar plaque is illustrated in Collection of Chinese and Other
Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Company, Inc., New York, 1943,
no. 180.

東漢 鎏金銅動物紋飾牌

54 THE HARRIS COLLECTION:
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART