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28. Archaic bronze chimera oil lamp or water dropper
Eastern Han dynasty, 25 – 220 AD
Length: 17 cm.
Bronze chimera cast in the form of a crouching fabulous winged beast. The
animal is grasping an ear-cup in its jaws.
The beast’s head has a blunt snout, triangular ears and bushy eyebrows. Its body
is cast with tufts of incised fur, some areas of which are stamped with spot-like
motifs.
Bronze with dark-green patina.
Provenance :
- J.J. Lally & Co, New York, 19….
- F rank Arts Collection, Belgium.
Similar example:
- A similar water container in shape of animal, from the Avery Brundage
Collection is illustrated by Lefebvre d’Argencé R.Y, Avery Brundage
Collection, The Ancient Chinese Bronzes, San Francisco 1966,p. 105 plate
XLVIII - B.
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