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emarkable for its unusual form and sumptuous decorative style, gilt and silvered fittings
of this type are extremely rare. Only one other example appears to be published, possibly
Ra pair to the present fitting, reportedly discovered in Luoyang, sold at Hôtel Drouot, Paris,
4th December 1952, lot 41 (fig. 1). Fittings of this type usually functioned as an ornamental object, as
evidenced by the small loops set to the back. A related fitting, cast in the form of a frontal ram’s head
flanked by two crouching wolves, set with a vertical loop to the back, identified as a bridle ornament, from
North China and dated 3rd century B.C., from the Therese and Erwin Harris Collection, included in the
exhibition, Trader and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier, Washington, D.C., 1995, cat. no. 55. Compare
also a glass-inlaid gilt bronze mythical bird, rendered with a similarly styled head, dating to the Warring
States / Early Western Han dynasty, exhibited Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art, J.J. Lally
& Co., 1994, cat. no. 60.

本品器型獨特，紋飾華麗，此類銅錯金銀飾極其珍 於 Therese 及 Erwin Harris 收藏，曾展於《Trader
罕，據記載，現存僅只一例，或與本品成對，據載發 and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier》，
現於洛陽，售於 Hôtel Drouot，巴黎，1952年12 華盛頓，1995年，編號55。再比一例，銅鎏金嵌料
月4日，編號41（圖一）。此器多數為裝飾用，觀察 靈鳥，鳥首制式相近，斷代戰國或西漢初，曾展於
背面鉤環可知。比較一羊首例，背面連一小鉤環，或 《Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of
為籠頭裝飾，出自中國北方，斷代公元前三世紀，現 Art》，J.J. Lally & Co.，1994年，編號60。

Fig. 1 A similar bird-form fitting, possibly the pair to the present lot, sold at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4th December 1954, lot 41
圖一 銅錯金銀朱雀形飾，售於 Hôtel Drouot，巴黎，1952年12月4日，編號41

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