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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE HUMAN 晚商/西周早期 公元前十一世紀 銅人面飾
MASK-FORM HARNESS ORNAMENT
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH 來源:
CENTURY BC 盧芹齋，紐約，1946年6月12日。
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
The ornament is cast as a human face with wide mouth, broad nose
and almond-shaped eyes flanked by projecting ears below swept-back
hair. A bar spans the concave back. There is some malachite and lapis
encrustation.
1¡ in. (3.5 cm.) high
Similar facial features can be seen on the human head-form
finial of a bronze linchpin dating to the Western Zhou dynasty
$10,000-15,000
in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
PROVENANCE: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum
C.T. Loo & Company, New York, 12 June 1946. - 28 - Bronze Articles for Daily Use, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 12,
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. no. 9.
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