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864 864
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE BRIDLE
865 ORNAMENT
70 THE HARRIS COLLECTION: CIRCA 3RD CENTURY BC

IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART The ornament is cast with two recumbent
ibex fanking a frontal tiger head cast in
high relief. A narrow attachment strap
on the reverse spans the concave area
behind the head. A woven pattern on the
reverse indicates manufacture by the lost
wax/lost textile process.
2 in. (5 cm.) long

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Paris; Hôtel Drouot-
Richelieu, 18 October 1996.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami,
Florida.

Two small bronze harness ornaments of
this type are illustrated by E. C. Bunker
et al., Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern
Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M.
Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler
Foundation, New York, 1997, p. 216, no.
189, which also feature a frontal animal
head cast in high relief between two
recumbent animals.

約公元前三世紀 鎏金銅動物紋馬飾

865
A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
CIRCULAR ORNAMENT
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221
BC)

The heavily cast, convex ornament is
inlaid on the domed center with a whorl
motif formed by three raptor heads
spiraling out from the center above a
plain silver band on the recessed edge.
An attachment loop is in the center of the
reverse.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) diam.

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 1 December 1998,
lot 148.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami,
Florida.

戰國 銅錯銀圓飾