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           ਠ ʕ           A POSSIBLY UNIQUE BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING MAN,
           ͋ ਷           SOUTHWEST CHINA, LATE SHANG - ZHOU DYNASTY
           Ї Г           modelled with his hands held together in front of the chest, dressed in a high-waisted and belted robe with a slit at the hem above

           մ   ی         the feet, the well-sculpted face portrayed with almond-shaped eyes below thick brows, a bulbous nose and with large prominent ears
               ή         sticking out, his hair gathered in a bun at the back and detailed with striations, wood stand
                         11.7 cm, overall 14.8 cm
               ਜ         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
               ڡ         Collection of A.W. Bahr (1877-1959), London.    ˋဧ€1877-1959ϋϗᔛ

               ზ         R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 14th January 1987.  τܠჃdॲߒd1987ϋ1˜14˚
                         EXHIBITED
               ɛ         Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst / Chinese Art Exhibition,   ࢝ᚎj
               ྅         Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, Preussischen Akademie der   Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst‘d؇ԭᖵஔኪึʿ౷ኁɻᖵ
                                                                         ஔኪ৫dݡ؍d1929ϋ
               ུ         Künste, Berlin, 1929.                           ڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘d࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନኪึ
                         Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of
               ΁         Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.   ʿ࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1990ϋ
                         British Museum, London, on loan, 1998-2015.     ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1998-2015ϋ
                         LITERATURE                                      ̈وj
                         Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst / Chinese Art Exhibition, Berlin,   Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst‘dݡ؍d1929ϋdᇜ໮50
                         1929, cat. no. 50.                              ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘
                         Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos   d࠰ಥd1990ϋdᇜ໮77
                         Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 77.

                         HK$ 500,000-800,000
                         US$ 64,000-102,000










































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