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254 A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT FITTING
HAN DYNASTY
漢 銅錯金銀雲紋蓋柄箍

of cylindrical form divided into two sections by a slightly bulged mid-section centered by a raised ring, each section finely
decorated in gold and silver with an abstract pattern of hooks and scrolls, the surface with malachite encrustation
Length 7⅛ in., 18.2 cm

$ 15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Walter Hoschstadter, New York, by 1948. Walter Hoschstadter，紐約，自1948年
Fritz Low-Beer, New York, 8th February 1951. Fritz Low-Beer，紐約，1951年2月8日
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Excavation discoveries have shown that cylindrical fittings of this type were used to connect the wood support of
the parasol on a chariot. Two fittings of this form were found on the remnants of a chariot carriage from the Han
tomb in Mancheng Hebei province, each with two sections of wood inserted from either end, published in Institute of
Archaeology, CASS, ed., Mancheng Hanmu fajue baogao [Archaeological report of the Han tombs in Mancheng], vol.
1, Beijing, 1980, p. 323, fig. 219-7 (line drawing). See also a line drawing of a reconstructed chariot illustrating where
these type of fittings were positioned, published in the exhibition catalogue Splendeurs des Han : Essor de l’empire
céleste, Museé Guimet, Paris, 2014, p. 89.

Compare a related gold and silver-inlaid fitting of this type, decorated in a different abstract design, attributed to
the Han dynasty, from the collection of Marquis Goryu Hosokawa, exhibited in International Exhibition of Chinese
Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 397; also a silver-inlaid example with a similar design, sold in our
London rooms, 29th February 1972, lot 156; another included in the exhibition Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes,
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 94; and a further example sold at Christie’s New York, 15th
September 2011, lot 1147.

根據考古發現，此類柄箍用於連接馬車傘柄構件。河北滿 比較一件錯金銀作例，紋飾與本品略異，斷代漢，出自
城漢墓出土馬車殘留内發現兩例，每件柄箍兩端連接殘 Marquis Goryu Hosokawa收藏，曾展於《中國藝術國
木，載於中國社會科學院考古研究所編，《滿城漢墓發掘 際展覽會》，皇家藝術學院，倫敦，1935年，編號397；
報告》，冊上，北京，1980年，頁323，圖219-7（綫 另比一錯銀例，紋飾相近，售於倫敦蘇富比1972年2月29
描圖）。此外尚可參考一幅綫描馬車重組圖，顯示此類部 日，編號156；再比一例，曾展於《青銅聚英：中國古代
件位置，載於展覽圖錄《Splendeurs des Han : Essor 與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，香港藝術館，香港，1990年，編
de l’empire céleste》，吉美博物館，巴黎，2014年， 號94；尚有一例，售於紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號
頁89。 1147。

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