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A BRONZE ‘TIGER’ WEIGHT 漢或以後 銅虎鈕席鎮
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
The circular weight is cast as three tigers with their heads turned 來源
over their backs and leaning against a central mountain, all 平野古陶軒，東京，入藏於 2000 年以前
supported on a circular platform. 出版
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) diam., 550g, Japanese wood box 《おいしいお茶 9 つの秘伝》，東京，2000 年，頁 8

HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000 近似的漢代席鎮可參考哈佛大學美術館藏三件風格類似的鎏金銅例子，
藏品編號：1943.52.43.A；華盛頓特區賽克勒博物舘藏兩例無鎏金例子，
PROVENANCE
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, prior to 2000 一件定年漢代，風格與此接近，見藏品編號：S2012.9.2180，一件定年
西漢，其獸身及仙山上有平行線紋，座有銘文及一圈弦紋，見藏品編號：
LITERATURE S2012.9.2296。另比較一件 2014 年 9 月 18-19 日於紐約佳士得拍賣的
Oishii ocha kokonotsu no hiden, Tokyo, 2000, p. 8 漢銅席鎮，拍品 1009 號。
Weights of this type are believed to have been used to hold down the
corners of mats used for seating, and would have been made in sets
of four. Compare three gilt-bronze weights dated to the Han dynasty
nearly identical in style in the Harvard Art Museum, object number:
1943.52.43.A; and two bronze weights in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., one dated to the Han
dynasty and very similar to the present weight in the style of casting,
see accession number: S2012.9.2180, and another example dated to
the Western Han dynasty with parallel indented lines on the bodies of
the animals and an inscription above a key-fret band on the circular
platform, see accession number: S2012.9.2296. Compare also a
similar Han-dynasty bronze weight sold at Christie’s New York, 18-19
September 2014, lot 1009.

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