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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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A BRONZE 'TIGER AND BEAR' WEIGHT 漢 銅虎噬熊鎮
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
來源:
The circular weight is solid cast, the top depicting a tiger and bear shown 史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
in combat, the tiger attacking the fallen bear.
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) diam. A pair of similar bronze weights in the collection of
the Xian City Historical Park, Shaanxi province, was
$12,000-18,000 included in the exhibition , Treasures from the Han,
The Empress Place, Singapore, May 1990 - May 1991,
PROVENANCE:
p. 53 (bottom). See, also, the example from the
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
collection of Dr. Paul Singer illustrated by Bunker,
Chatwin and Farkas, “Animal Style”Art from East to
West, New York: The Asia Society, 1970, no. 80, and
another illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the
Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no. 234.
