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҂ ⺗ A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHONG KUI, ؇ ზ AN INSCRIBED SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT FITTING,
Ї ږ SONG - YUAN DYNASTY մ ፹ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD -
ʩ ზ the vanquisher of demons depicted with bulging eyes and a wrathful expression, standing on one leg on rockwork, his right leg ኷ ვ WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

ᒤ lifted up and his left hand bent behind the back, wearing an official hat, court boots and loose robes opening at the chest revealing ਷ flanked by two tubular fittings on both ends, the flat top of each fitting with a symmetrical quatrefoil design inlaid in silver and inscribed
₭ his round belly ࣛ ௒ with two characters reading lingli, the body with additional scrollwork and encircled with a projecting ring decorated with groups of
8.3 cm
ͭ ಂ Ԣ short vertical lines alternating with S-scrolls, the central fitting set with two sets of five large rings and a hoop suspending another ring
27.1 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
྅ Yin Chuan Tang, Hong Kong, 1st January 1991. ጑ʇੀd࠰ಥd1991ϋ1˜1˚ Ї PROVENANCE Ը๕j
˜ ™
HK$ 60,000-80,000 Г თ Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 14th February 1987. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1987ϋ2˜14˚
US$ 7,700-10,200 ဏ ԓ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of
৵ Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. ڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘d࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪ
ึd࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1990ϋ
ུ British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2004. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1992-2004ϋ
LITERATURE
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Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos
Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 101. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘
Thomas Lawton, 'Some Inscribed Chinese Bronze Fittings in the d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ໮101
Singer Collection', New Frontiers in Global Archaeology: Defining ᖯൕd”Ԕࣸᔼ͛ϗᔛɓଡ଼Ϟთ˖ٙʕ਷ڡზུ•dΌଢʷߠ
China’s Ancient Traditions. Proceedings of the International ౻ɨϽ̚ኪอۃضj༆ᛘʕ਷̚˾ෂ୕gᅅज़̏ԯɽኪᒄдਔϽ
Symposium Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Arthur M. ̚ၾᖵஔ௹ي᎜ϓͭɤմϋ਷ყኪஔ޼ীึ‘dॲߒd2008ϋd
Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, New ࠫ357-85dྡ22
York, 2008, pp. 357-85, fig. 22.

HK$ 40,000-60,000
US$ 5,100-7,700

Inscription
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