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PROPERTY FROM THE CUNLIFFE COLLECTION
OF CHINESE ART
CUNLIFFE藏中國藝術珍品
Lots 12 - 38

12
SEVEN METALWORK PIECES AND A BONE CICADA
Warring States Period/Han Dynasty
Comprising two bronze belt hooks, daigu, one cast as a sinuous
dragon motif, with gilt and inlaid with turquoise beads, the other as
a clambering chilong with bifurcated tail and a circular knop, 17cm
(6 7/8in) and 21.5cm (8 1/2in) long; a pair of gourd-shaped chariot
fittings, probably axle caps, decorated with swirling and geometric
designs, each 7.8cm (3 1/8in) high; three finials respectively shaped as
a hollow porcupine, hare and duck, the largest 4.5cm (1 7/8in) high;
and a bone cicada with bulging, circular eyes and folded wings, 5.7cm
(2 2/8in) wide. (8).

£5,000 - 8,000 CNY46,000 - 73,000
HK$55,000 - 88,000

戰國/漢 高古鐵器一組七件及骨雕蟬

Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the
Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Cunliffe Collection, no.A65 (a pair of chariot fittings), and thence
by descent

Exhibited, Published and Illustrated:
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, Early Chinese Art, 27 September - 19
October 1973, no.16 (no.A65)

來源： 劍橋菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵
(1899-1963)
Cunliffe收藏，藏品編號A65(青銅飾件一對)，並由後人保存迄今

展覽、出版及收錄：
1973年9月27至10月19日期間於倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.「中國
早期藝術(Early Chinese Art)」特展展出，展品編號16 (no.A65)