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Two archaic gilt-bronze ‘bear’ finials
543 Eastern Han dynasty
350 | Bonhams Comprising: one recumbent bear with its wide belly flanked by folded
hind legs tightly tucked on its side, the body upright with hands at
the resting above the knees, its head framed by furry mane drooping
towards the front featuring lazy facial expression; and another also in a
seated position with limbs tucked in, its head raised and turned upward
with mouth opened, issuing a flaring mouthpiece, extensively gilt, the
rear with with a looped finial.
3.2cm high. (2).
HK$20,000 - 40,000
US$2,600 - 5,200

東漢 銅鎏金熊形飾件兩件

See a similar pair of gilt-bronze bears, unearthed in Anhui province
in 1952, now in the National Museum of China, Beijing, illustrated in
Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 12. Qin Han, Beijing, 1998, p.166, no.163.

543
An archaic bronze boar
Han dynasty
Cast in the form of a wild boar standing on all fours, the bulging belly
ending with a coiled tail, the face with defined protruding nostrils
between two small tusks, further flanked by a pair of large eyes and
ears, the underside of the belly cast with a pierced rectangular aperture.
14.5cm long.
HK$30,000 - 60,000
US$3,900 - 7,700

漢 青銅豬