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xcavations have revealed that
these intriguing fittings are chariot
Eornaments once used to crown the
curved ends of the yoke that was fitted around
the horse’s neck. Eleven related ornaments
of this type were excavated from a Han tomb
in Mancheng, Hebei province. According to
the excavation report, these ornaments were
discovered in a chariot horde in tomb no. 2, see
Institute of Archaeology, CASS, ed., Mancheng
Hanmu fajue baogao [Archaeological report of
the Han tombs in Mancheng], vol. 1, Beijing, 1980,
p. 322 and p. 323, fig. 219-1 for illustration. For
a reconstructed diagram showing where these
ornaments were originally placed, see, ibid., p.
319, fig. 215.

根據考古研究發現，此類飾為馬車裝飾，套於馬軛兩
端，河北滿城漢墓出土十一件相近飾物，可作參考，
考古報告述，此批飾物於二號古墓車馬坑發現，圖載
於中國社會科學院考古研究所編，《滿城漢墓發掘
報告》，冊上，北京，1980年，頁322及323，圖
219-1。同書並載重組圖，解釋飾物原來位置，出處
同上，頁319，圖 215。
相近軛角飾有數例可比，然而本品所飾獸面紋，則甚
為罕見，據現時記載僅有三例可比，其一出自S.M.
il Re di Svezia 收藏，曾展於《Mostra d’arte
cinese》，威尼斯，1954年，編號92；另一例出自
瑞典王儲古斯塔夫•阿道夫收藏，曾展於《中國藝術
國際展覽會》，皇家藝術學院，1935年，編號383
，圖見於Nils Palmgren編，《Selected Chinese