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           ဏ   ڡ         A BRONZE RIDER ON A CHIMERA,
               ზ         HAN DYNASTY
               ɛ         the rider depicted with long rabbit ears, thick lips, almond-shaped eyes framed by bushy brows and a bulbous nose, his hair neatly

               Җ         combed and detailed with striation, balancing a cylinder on the top of his head, his slim body bare save for a wide belt, his arms
               ය         outstretched, holding a beaker in his right hand, the winged beast depicted with prominent round eyes framed by arched brows,
                         crowned by a pair of ribbed and curved horns between pointed ears, its mouth open in a ferocious roar revealing its sharp fangs,
               ᖕ         standing foursquare accentuating its broad shoulders and muscular haunches, the ridged tail gently curved to the left
                         h. 16.9 cm
               ዱ

               ࢭ         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 14th March 1990.    ᔝଣઠdॲߒd1990ϋ3˜14˚
                         EXHIBITED                                       ࢝ᚎj
                         Arts of Ancient China, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1990.   Arts of Ancient China‘dᔝଣઠdॲߒd1990ϋ
                         British Museum, London, on loan, 1998-2015.
                                                                         ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1998-2015ϋ
                         LITERATURE
                                                                         ̈وj
                         Arts of Ancient China, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1990, cat. no. 9.
                                                                         Arts of Ancient China‘dᔝଣઠdॲߒd1990ϋdᇜ໮9
                         HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
                         US$ 102,000-153,000


                         Ingeniously  sculpted  as  a  lively  rider  balancing  on  the  back  of  a   Ϥ΁ུɓɛයମᖕdᕐᑑʱੵdᏐ᙮ဏ˾ණ௓ணၾྼ͜׵ɓԒٙ
                         fantastic beast, the present lot belongs to a small and distinctive   ڡზኜfτᏏΥ٭̈ɺɓኜdၾϤ఻ڐɓᅵdɛي̸˓ϖ૵ᆵd
                         group of Han dynasty bronze utensils which are both decorative and   ဲ݊ذዱຐdତπτᏏ޲௹ي᎜dϗɝˮɿʛdʕ਷ᎉ෧ᖵஔ
                         functional. An almost identical object was excavated in Hefei, Anhui,   ̦‘d̏ԯd1988ϋdྡو156f࠰ಥࢱˤᖵஔ᎜ᔚπɓԷdШ
                         with the figure holding a shallow pan in its left hand, indicating it was   ॹذዱຐᆵdϗɝလಥᔛޜ‘d࠰ಥd1996-7ϋdᇜ໮10d
                         likely made to serve as an oil lamp, and is preserved in the Anhui   ܝਯ׵ॲߒԳɻ੻2011ϋ3˜24˚dᇜ໮1261fᒔԈɓᏖڿɛي
                         Provincial Museum, illustrated in Wang Ziyun,  Zhongguo  diaosu   යᖕԷdɛيᕐ˓ѩϖຐdᖕዹԉdҖᗳˬd2021ϋ3˜19˚ί
                         yishu shi [History of Chinese sculptural art], Beijing, 1988, pl. 156.   ॲߒԳɻ੻ש̈dᇜ໮809f
                         Another example without a lamp pan, formerly in the Tsui Museum
                         of Art, Hong Kong, was exhibited in Art Treasures from Shanghai
                         and Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1996-7, cat. no. 10, and later sold at
                         Christie's New York, 24th March 2011, lot 1261. See also a related
                         figural group, modelled as a hatted man supporting two lamp dishes
                         and mounting a furious single-horned bovine, sold at Christie's New
                         York, 19th March 2021, lot 809.



























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