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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERWIN HARRIS
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TWO GILT-BRONZE BELT PLAQUES
OF WOLVES
NORTHWEST CHINA,
3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Each plaque is cast as a wolf walking with head
lowered, its long mane terminating in an eared
raptor head. The reverse of each exhibits a
woven textile pattern acquired during the lost
wax/lost textile casting process. One has an
opening in the jaws and one vertical attachment
loop on the reverse, the other has two vertical
attachment loops.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) wide
(2)

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE
Upper plaque: acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
Lower plaque: The Erwin Harris Collection,
Miami, Florida, by 1990.
Both: The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
EXHIBITED
Lower plaque: Hong Kong Museum, Oriental
Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Urban
Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos
Bronzes, 12 October-2 December 1990, no. 219
(part).
LITERATURE
Lower plaque: J. Rawson and E. Bunker, Ancient
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Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic
Society, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 339, no. 219 (right).
公元前三至二世紀 銅鎏金狼形飾牌兩件

933
TWO GILT-BRONZE RECTANGULAR
‘CAMEL’ PLAQUES
NORTH CHINA, 2ND CENTURY BC
Each is cast in low relief with a Bactrian camel
shown in a semi-kneeling position, with the
forelegs bent under the forebody, the head facing
forward and the tail ficked, within a rope border.
Each has two attachment loops on the fat back.
2¿ in. (5.5 cm.) wide
(2)
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida,
by 1991.
公元前二世紀 銅鎏金駱駝飾牌兩件

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