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259 A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FERRULE
WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
戰國至漢 銅錯金銀幾何紋鐏

the faceted leg inlaid in fine gold wires and silver leaves with a geometric scrolling pattern above a band of crossed scrolls
encircling the foot, all set below a highly abstract bird motif in relief with a projecting head and tail, surmounted by a socket
of pear-shaped section pierced on either side with a small aperture below a band of stylized confronting kuilong, the interior
hollow, the surface with some minor malachite encrustation
Height 4⅜ in., 11 cm

$ 20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Excavated ferrules of this type were used to cap the foot of ceremonial poles or weapons, such as spears. See a
gold-inlaid iron ferrule of related form, discovered, with wood remains in the socket, below an iron spear head from
the Han tomb in Mancheng, Hebei province, published in Institute of Archaeology, CASS, ed., Mancheng Hanmu fajue
baogao [Archaeological report of the Han tombs in Mancheng], vol. 1, Beijing, 1980, p. 110, fig. 74-2. For other related
examples, see a gold and silver-inlaid bronze ferrule, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Gure, exhibited in
Mostra d’arte cinese [Exhibition of Chinese art], Venice, 1954, cat. no. 99; another, from the collection of Frank Caro
(successor of C.T. Loo), exhibited in Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford University Museum, Stanford, 1958, cat. no.
149; two gold-inlaid bronze ferrules, published in Pierre Uldry, Chinesisches Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, cat. nos 67
and 68; and a silver-inlaid bronze ferrule, exhibited in Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of
Art, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 88.

據考古發現，此類鐏套於戈、矛柄或儀式杖下端，比較一 克•卡羅收藏（盧芹齋繼承者），曾展於《Arts of the
鐵錯金鐏例，器型相近，河北滿城漢墓出土，位於一矛首 Chou Dynasty》，史丹福大學博物館，史丹福，1958
下方，出土時插槽內連有殘木，圖載於中國社會科學院考 年，編號149；再比兩例，銅錯金鐏，載於Pierre Uldry，
古研究所編，《滿城漢墓發掘報告》，冊下，北京，1980 《Chinesisches Gold und Silber》，蘇黎世，1994年，
年，頁110，圖74-2。參考另一例，銅錯金銀鐏，出自 編號67及68；再比一錯金鐏例，曾展於《青銅聚英：中國
Desmond Gure伉儷珍藏，曾展於《Mostra d’arte 古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，香港藝術館，香港，1990年，
cinese》，威尼斯，1954年，編號99；另一例出自弗蘭 編號88。

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