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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE HARTMAN
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THREE ARCHAIC BRONZE FITTINGS Compare the group of similar bronze recumbent deer in the collection
Shang - Eastern Zhou Dynasty of the Inner Mongolia Automatous Region Museum, illustrated in
Consisting of a pair of chariot fittings, the tubular sockets each Compendium of Chinese Bronze, Vol. 15, Northern Tribes, Beijing,
supporting a model of a recumbent deer, the sides of the supports 1995, pp.172-173, nos.239-240, described as late Warring States.
cast with circular apertures, Eastern Zhou Dynasty; and an elaborately
cast saddle mount, the central bowed shaft terminating in graceful, Compare the bow-shaped bronze fitting from the Avery Brundage
hipped extensions fitted with bell tassels, the surface intricately cast Collection and now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,
with a network of taotie masks enclosed by leiwen, Shang Dynasty. (3) illustrated by Lefebvre d'Argence, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in he Avery
Fittings: 2 3/4 (7cm) long; Brundage Collection, Berkeley, 1966, pp.54-55, pl.XII-A, noted by the
Mount: 13 1/2 (34.2cm) long author: 'Some of them are still awaiting proper identification, such as
many chariot or harness parts which so far have always been found
$2,000 - 3,000 isolated from their original context. This object, for instance, is also
known as a harness piece or a bow-shaped ornament.'
東周 青銅車具兩件
商 青銅弓形器一件

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