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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
420
THREE GILT-BRONZE AND BLUE-GLASS-INLAID BEAR
SUPPORTS
Han dynasty
Each cast seated with left forepaw resting on the folded left hindleg
and the right forepaw raised to the side of the head, some incised
fur-markings around the heads, the eyes and umbilicus inset with blue
glass.
1 7/16in (3.5 cm) high

$6,000 - 10,000
Other Han dynasty gilt-bronze bears in differing sizes with provision for
inlays, are illustrated by Helmut Brinker, Bronzen aus dem alten China,
Zurich, 1975, p. 153, no. 125 in the Rietberg Museum and in Ancient
Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no. 256

See also a slightly larger example of differing configuration illustrated
by J.J.Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, March-April 2011, no. 18.

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