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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ SADDLE
EARLY QING DYNASTY

清初 黃花梨騾馬鞍

modelled with the front and back arched like two rounded peaks, with two wide flat straps placed in between with its ends attached to the
shafts of the carriage, the centre of the front arch carved with a playful Buddhist lion with the front paw on a brocade ball, each of the arched
bridges pierced with an opening near the lower part of the centre, fitted with a metal rod with a ring on each end
16 by 32.5 by 27.5 cm, 6¼ by 12¾ by 10¾ in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: 伍嘉恩，《燕几衎榻: 攻玉山房藏中國古典家具》，香港中文大學文物
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art 館，香港，2007年，頁182-183
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 182-183.

◉ HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,400-15,500

These types of saddles, made of hardwood, were part of the 此種硬木騾馬鞍是清代轎子上的用具。此種鞍具北京俗稱 「鞍橋」，因
harness fittings of horse drawn carriages. In Beijing, they were 形如一座拱橋而得名。
called anqiao (‘arched bridge’), because of their shape.
鞍橋前後高，有如兩峯。中凹處搭一根寬而扁的帶子，兩端和車轅相連。
鞍橋前峰正中浮雕獅紋，一前爪下踏圓球，生動有趣。鞍橋前後峰正中靠
下部各鑿一透孔，容納一根鐵柱穿過，兩端成環結束。

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