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481 承弓器以蛇首形為拘，連接著長扁形的銎筒，通身飾錯銀雲紋，絢麗
A pair of archaic bronze and silver-inlaid chariot fittings 精緻。

Eastern Zhou dynasty 承弓器用作承弩之用，1954年山西永濟薛家崖出土之承弓器，形製、
紋飾及大小如本拍品如出一轍，見中國青銅器全集編輯委員會，《中國
Each in the form of an elongated serpent extending from a hollow 美術分類全集－中國青銅器全集8．東周2》，北京，1995，頁171，編
號192。該器現藏於山西省博物館。
fixture, the slender body curving and ending with the head of the

mythical beast, the body intricately inlaid with silver swirling geometric

patterns.
23.8cm long. (2).
HK$200,000 - 300,000
US$26,000 - 39,000

The curved slender finial was originally mounted on chariots to hold the
bow in place.

Compare a closely similar example excavated in 1954 from Xuejia village,
Shanxi province, in the Shanxi Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu
fenlei quanji. Zhongguo qingtong tongqi quanji 8. Dongzhou 2, Beijing,
1995, p.171, no.192. See also another example in the Pierre Uldry
collection, in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, illustrated in Chinesisches
Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, p.87, no.28a.

東周 錯金銀蛇形承弓器一對

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