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A fine archaic bronze silver-inlaid chariot-umbrella mount
Late Eastern Zhou dynasty
The entirely hollow shaft divided into four parts by evenly spaced
prominent ridges, decorated overall with inlaid silver with archaistic
C-scroll motifs and geometric swirls.
34.7cm long.
HK$120,000 - 180,000
US$15,000 - 23,000
See two comparable examples in the British Museum, illustrated
by Jessica Rawson. Compare also another similar but shorter silver-
inlaid umbrella mount, illustrated by Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker,
Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.185, no.94.
According to the authors, the decoration of the latter example is very
similar to that on the chariots found in the tomb of Mawangdui in
Changsha, Hunan province.
東周晚期 錯銀幾何圖案紋套管馬車軸飾
車飾呈圓柱通空形，以凸出環節分為四段，銅帶棕紅色，通體飾錯銀
幾何圖案紋，以漩渦紋及圓點等組成對稱圖案，似簡化之鳥形圖案。
另一件只有兩段，但紋飾十分近似的套管馬車飾，可見Jessica
Rawson及Emma Bunker，《Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes》，
香港，1990，頁184-185，編號94。書中作者指出，馬車飾上之紋飾
類似湖南長沙馬王堆漢墓出土的紡織物上之紋飾，有助了解馬車飾所
屬之地域文化。

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