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A BRONZE TAOTIE MASK-FORM FITTING
CHINA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534)
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Cast as a taotie mask with curved fangs, a beak-form nose, bulging
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eyes and a pair of pricked ears which flank a central openwork area
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formed with a figure standing with arms akimbo on the back legs of
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two confronted dragons
4¬ in. (11.7 cm.) wide, tieli and softwood stand
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
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The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired
prior to 1970.
EXHIBITED:
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection
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of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, 21 September- 13 November 1970. .
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LITERATURE:
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The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W.
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and Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. B14.
A similar mask from Leizumiao, Guyuan, Ningxia Autonomous
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Region, and now in the Guyuan Museum, is illustrated by James
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004, p. 164, no. 73, where it
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the motif of a "human figure placed between the animals survives
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from an earlier period of Xianbei culture on the steppes." This 889
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mask also retains its pendent ring handle which duplicates the
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openwork decoration that is found between the ears of the animal
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mask. A similar fitting of comparable size was sold at Christie's
New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2041.

北魏 青銅鏤空饕餮紋飾
來源:
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥，於1970年以前入藏。
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A GILT-BRONZE LEONINE MASK-FORM FITTING
WITH LOOSE RING
CHINA, NORTHERN WEI-NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, 6TH CENTURY
Cast with bulging eyes and small nose below bushy eyebrows and
a pair of horns, the mouth open to reveal gnashing teeth grasping
a loose ring
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, lucite stand
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired
prior to 1990.

北魏/北齊 六世紀 鎏金銅獸首銜環
來源:
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥，於1990年以前入藏。
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