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140. Pair of bronze lynchpins in the shape of rams’ heads
Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 – 8 centuries bc.
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西周時期獸首車轄
Height: 10.8 cm

Provenance: Exhibited: Published: ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1977, lot no. 12.
▪ Said to have been found in Xun county, south – east of ▪ International Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Royal ▪ The Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition ▪ Sotheby’s, Important Early Chinese Ceramics, Archaic
Anyang, Henan province. Academy of Arts, London 1935, catalogue no. 189, of Chinese Art, London 1935, catalogue no. 189, (only Bronzes, Sculpture, Silver and lacquer from the Works
▪ Sir Neil Malcolm Collection. (only one piece exhibited). one piece exhibited). of Art Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund,
▪ Dugald Malcolm Collection. ▪ The Animal in Chinese Art, Oriental Ceramic Society, ▪ Watson W., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London 1962, London, 12 December 1989, lot no. 9.
▪ Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1977, lot no. 12. London 1968, catalogue no. 251. pl. 79b, (one piece published). ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 7 November 2007, lot no. 205.
▪ British Rail Pension Fund, London, U.K. ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1977, catalogue no. 12. ▪ Oriental Ceramic Society, The Animal in Chinese Art, ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1989, lot no. 9. ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1989, catalogue no. 9. London 1968, catalogue no. 251. Collection, London 2009, p. 275, no. 140.
▪ Private Collection. ▪ Sotheby’s, London, 7 November 2007, catalogue ▪ Watson W., Style in the Arts of China, Baltimore 1974, ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la Chine
▪ Sotheby’s, London, 7 November 2007, lot no. 205. no. 205. pl. 26, (one piece published). ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection Meiyintang,
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Paris 2013, p. 156, no. 95
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 95.

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