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The present lot illustrated in An Exhibition
of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes. Loaned
by C.T. Loo & Co., Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, 1940, cat. no. 50.
本品錄於《An Exhibition of Ancient
Chinese Ritual Bronzes. Loaned by C.T. Loo
& Co.》，底特律藝術博物館，
底特律， 1940年，編號50

The exquisite curvilinear inlay of the present fittings appears to be inspired by contemporary painted
lacquer and textile designs, see G. Andersson, ‘The Goldsmith in Ancient China’, The Bulletin of the
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities’, no. 7, Stockholm, 1935, pp. 1-38, where a comprehensive account is
given of the various inlays, their styles and developments.

Similar bronze pieces with small hooks are illustrated and explained as parts of a structure that held a
canopy aloft on a chariot, in Mancheng Hanmu fachu baogao / Excavation of the Han tombs at Man-
ch’êng, vol. 1, Beijing, 1980, pp 168-195 and vol. 2, pls 117, 120, 129 and 130. Compare a parasol fixture
of related geometrical design with gold-and-silver inlay in the Musée Guimet, Paris, attributed to the
4th-3rd century BC, illustrated in Catherine Delacour, De bronze, d’or et d’argent. Arts somptuaires de la
Chine, Paris, 2001, pp.151-2, where the royal tombs at Jincun near Luoyang are mentioned as possible
provenance. Compare also a gilt-bronze parasol top, formerly from the collection of Mayuyama & Co,
sold in these rooms, 19th March 2013, lot 44.

The pair of protruding fittings flanking the present set are ornaments used to crown the curved ends of
the horse yoke. For a detailed discussion on yoke ornaments, see lot 217 in this sale. Related examples of
this form with a flat top include a gold-inlaid bronze example, published in Pierre Uldry, Chinesische Gold
und Silber, Zurich, 1994, cat. no. 63; a pair of gold and silver-inlaid bronze examples, exhibited in Ancient
Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 95.

本品精緻的錯金銀圖案靈感或許來自同一時期的漆器 黎，2001年，頁151-2，據載可能出土自洛陽附近
和織物花紋，見 G. Andersson，〈The Goldsmith 的金村古墓。另見一相類銅鎏金蓋弓帽，繭山龍泉堂
in Ancient China〉，《The Bulletin of the 舊藏，2013年3月19日售於紐約蘇富比，拍品編號
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities》，斯德哥爾 44。
摩，1935年，頁1-38，詳述每部分圖案的風格和嬗
變。 本品兩側所飾為軛角飾，馬車裝飾，套於馬軛兩端。
關於軛角飾的詳細介紹，可見本場拍賣編號217。相
蓋弓帽例可見滿城漢墓出土發現，錄《滿城漢墓發 類形制的平頭軛角飾，可見一銅錯金例，載於Pierre
掘報告》，北京，1980年，冊上，頁168-195，卷 Uldry，《Chinesische Gold und Silber》，蘇黎
2，圖版117、120、129及130。巴黎吉美博物館收 世，1994年，編號63；另見一銅錯金銀例，曾展於
藏一相類錯金銀例，斷代公元前四至三世紀，載圖 《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，香港藝
於Catherine Delacour，《De bronze, d’or et 術館 ，香港，1990年，編號95。
d’argent. Arts somptuaires de la Chine》，巴

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