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ʮ ʫ ڡ AN ORDOS BRONZE 'ANIMAL' BELT BUCKLE, ʮ ̏ ⺗ AN ORDOS GILT-BRONZE 'WINGED HORSE' PLAQUE,
ʩ ႆ ზ SOUTH-CENTRAL INNER MONGOLIA, 6TH CENTURY BC ʩ ˙ ږ NORTH CHINA OR INNER MONGOLIA, 2ND CENTURY BC
ۃ ̚ ᖕ of rectangular form, deftly modelled with a pair of confronting double-headed felines flanking a rabbit head, the bottom edge centred ۃ א ზ of rectangular form, depicted with two confronting winged horses below a row of interlinked camel heads in two groups of four, all

ʬ ʕ ७ with a hook in the form of a bird, the underside plain ɚ ʫ Ꭳ framed within double rope-twist borders, with a small aperture on the left side, the reverse set with a vertical attachment loop
10.2 by 4.8 by 0.6 cm
3.9 by 6.9 cm
˰ ی ੭ ˰ ႆ ቲ
ߏ ௅ ϔ PROVENANCE Ը๕j ߏ ̚ ࠭ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 18th April 1988. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1988ϋ4˜18˚ P.C. Lu & Sons, Ltd, Hong Kong, 10th April 1987. ኁˤ˨ɿϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1987ϋ4˜10˚
ඈ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj ඈ ৵ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
ဧ Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of ڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘d࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନ ဧ ೐ Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of ڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘d࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪ
ε Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. ኪึd࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1990ϋ ε ུ Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. ึd࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1990ϋ
LITERATURE British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2015, no. OA 1936.11- ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1992-2015ϋdᇜ໮OA 1936.11-
౶ Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos ̈وj ౶ 18.139. 18.139

Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 202. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘ LITERATURE
d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ໮202 Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos ̈وj
HK$ 6,000-8,000 Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 224. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘
US$ 800-1,050 d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ໮224
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,200
See two almost identical pieces, one formerly in the collection
of Colonel William Mayer and Arthur M. Sackler (accession no.
177.1), illustrated in Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern
Eurasian Steppes Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1997, pl.
177; and another collected in the Hohhot region and dated to the
Han dynasty, however, it was believed that an earlier date would
seem more accurate (Bunker, p. 228).

134 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 135