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A GILT-BRONZE BEAR-FORM SUPPORT FITTING
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The ftting is hollow-cast as a bear seated with the forepaws
resting on the bent rear legs and the mouth open in a roar. The
body is incised with hair markings and a strip of circles down the
center of the back. The opening at the top is of D shape.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1991.

漢 鎏金銅熊形器足

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THREE GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR ‘BEAR’ ORNAMENTS

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Each is cast in relief with a seated bear, its head facing forward
in the center. The two smaller fttings have two squared
attachment loops on the reverse.
1Ω and √ in. (4 and 2.2 cm.) diam., box

(3)

$3,000-5,000

850

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 1 June 1990, lot 51.

The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

漢 鎏金銅熊紋節約三件

851

56 THE HARRIS COLLECTION:
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART