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؇ ˯ AN INSCRIBED BRONZE 'FELINE MASK' MIRROR, ဏ ڡ A BRONZE 'KNEELING BIRDMAN' LAMP,
ဏ ʹ EASTERN HAN DYNASTY ზ HAN DYNASTY
ग़ cast with a quatrefoil design ends around the central knob, each pointed petal enclosing a feline head and interspersed by four larger ϻ modelled as a kneeling figure with neatly combed hair of medium length, prominent eyes, a flat triangular nose, a tightly closed beak,
ᖕ animal heads, all bounded by a ring of long inscription, a sunken scalloped band and a lozenge-patterned border ɛ and a short tail, his left hand resting on his folded knee, his right arm outstretched, raising a shallow lamp dish, all supported by a
७ 18.4 cm Җ pedestal with four cornered feet
14.2 cm
ზ PROVENANCE Ը๕j ዱ
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 15th August 1988. ࡾ̔ॶᄁdࡐd1988ϋ8˜15˚ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
ᗝ Eskenazi Ltd, London, 19th April 1988.
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj ࡾ̔ॶᄁdࡐd1988ϋ4˜19˚
Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of ڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜd࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. ึd࠰ಥᖵஔd࠰ಥd1990ϋ Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of
British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2013. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. ڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜd࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪ
ɽߵ௹يdࡐd࠾࢝d1992-2013ϋ ึd࠰ಥᖵஔd࠰ಥd1990ϋ
LITERATURE British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2015. ɽߵ௹يdࡐd࠾࢝d1992-2015ϋ
̈وj
Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos LITERATURE
Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 167. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜ Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos ̈وj
d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ 167 Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 46. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ̚˾ၾඈဧεڡზኜd
HK$ 20,000-30,000 ࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ46
US$ 2,550-3,850 თ˖jɚ˜ʹ˯˯ʹ˚ЪᗝІϞ˙ܑౝɧਠν˂ڡ HK$ 100,000-150,000
˜ɪϞ؇ˮ˨Гˮ͎͛νʆͩϞ֝؇ГɞɷຬԢబ˲֝ڨ US$ 12,800-19,200
ˮڗ֝ɿЗЇɧਠᆀ̯͊ࢪնڗΛϺ The present lot belongs to a small group of bronze lamps, all of
which are modelled with a distinctive ape-like human figure kneeling
on a plinth and holding the stem of the lamp tray in his hand, sold at
Christie's New York, 22nd March 2019, lot 1603; another, formerly in
the collection of Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, now in the British
Museum, London, accession no. 1893,1101.14; an example attributed
to the Western Han dynasty in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, accession no. S2012.9.2133;
one missing the lamp dish, from C.T. Loo and the collection of
Stephen Junkunc, III, sold in our New York rooms, 10th September
2019, lot 249; another sold in our New York rooms, 4th June 1986, lot
206; and a further example, missing both the lamp and the stem, in
the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated in Ancient Chinese
Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 251.
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