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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERWIN HARRIS
925
THREE RECTANGULAR BELT FITTINGS
NORTH CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Each is cast in relief with a ram, two shown
standing with head turned backward to bite a
foreleg, the third shown kneeling with front legs
bent, all within a rope-twist border and each with
attachment loops on the reverse.
1¬, 1√ and 18 in. (4.2, 4.8 and 4.9 cm.) wide
(3)
$2,000-4,000

PROVENANCE
Dr. Ping Yiu Tam Collection, Hong Kong.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
公元前三至二世紀 青銅長方飾牌三件

926
A GROUP OF SIX SMALL BRONZE
ANIMAL ORNAMENTS
NORTHERN CHINA, CIRCA 6TH-5TH
CENTURY BC
The group includes three rectangular garment
plaques cast in openwork: one with two pairs of
recumbent wild asses with backward-turned heads,
one with three horses standing in profle, and one
with four recumbent ibex or rams facing in opposite
directions; a bear-head mask cast in high relief, with 925
hollow eyes and a loop between the ears; a circular
ornament cast in openwork as a coiled animal
within a pierced border, with an angular loop on the
reverse; and a bovine mask cast in high relief, with
two small holes for attachment.
1¡ to 2 in. (3.4 to 5 cm.) high
(6)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE
Plaque with wild asses: The Erwin Harris
Collection, Miami, Florida, by 1995.
Plaque with horses: The Erwin Harris Collection,
Miami, Florida, by 1995.
Plaque with rams or ibex: Private collection,
Michigan.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York,
4 November 1978, lot 266.
Bear-head mask: The Erwin Harris Collection,
Miami, Florida, by 1991.
Circular ornament: acquired in Paris, 1996.
Bovine mask: The Erwin Harris Collection,
Miami, Florida, by 1995.
All: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
Bronze ornaments similar to the three rectangular
plaques, the circular ornament and the bovine
mask are illustrated by E. C. Bunker et al., Ancient
Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from
the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York,
1997: p. 198 (nos. 131 and 132), p. 199 (no. 133),
p. 195 (no. 125), and p. 291 (no. 266), the bovine
mask, respectively. The bovine mask is dated 1st
millennium BC.
公元前六至五世紀 青銅動物小飾牌一組六件 926
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