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AN ORdOs gIlT bRONZe ‘cROuchINg beAR’ hORse
TAcK ORNAMeNT, WARRINg sTATes

China, Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 4th-3rd century BC. Of circular shape,
cast in the form of a crouching bear with distinctive ears and finely
incised claws.

Provenance: Grays Antique Center, London. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired
from the above in 2007. Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has
been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. He has authored
hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative
arts spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era and published
an extensive study of saddle rugs in Dragon & Horse. Saddle Rugs and
Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond. Between 1976 and 2009
he worked for numerous museums across the Netherlands and was
director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch. 鄂爾多斯銅鎏金熊形馬具，戰國
Published: Dr. Koos de Jong, Dragon & Horse. Saddle Rugs and Other 中國，内蒙古，鄂爾多斯，公元前四至三世紀。圓形，鑄成蹲伏熊的形狀，有獨特
Horse Tack from China and Beyond, Amsterdam - Hong Kong 2013, ill. 的耳朵和爪。
1.10 (left), p. 23. 來源：Grays Antique Center, London. Drs. Koos de Jong收藏，2007年購於上
condition: Extensive wear, losses on the back, minor dents. Fine 述收藏。Drs. de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家， 幾十年來他一直私人收藏中國藝術
dark patina with small areas of malachite green patina as well as 品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書，內容涉及從中世紀到現代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝
encrustations on the interior. 術。 2013年，他在《Dragon & Horse：Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from
China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研究。1976年至2009年
間，他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作，並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷工作中心的主任。
Weight: 17.8 g 品相：廣汎磨損，背部有缺損，輕微凹痕。深色包漿，局部有銅綠，内部有結殼。
Dimensions: Diameter 3 cm 重量：17.8 克
尺寸：直徑 3 厘米
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related scroll weight sold
by Christie’s Los Angeles in Myth and reality: Animals in Chinese Art on 7 estimate euR 800,-
May 1999, lot 31, for USD $23,000 incl. buyer’s premium. Starting price EUr 400,-

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A PAIR OF gIlT bRONZe ‘sTAg’ seAls, eAsTeRN hAN
China, 25-220 AD. The bases of square shape cast in intaglio with
two-character seals, each surmounted by a stag with jagged antlers. (2)

Provenance: Pao & Moltke Oriental Art, Toronto, Canada, 1995.
Canadian private collection, acquired from the above according to the
collectors personal notes.
condition: Good original condition, especially when considering the
age of these pieces. Extensive wear, fine copper-red and malachite-
green patina and verdigris, minor nicks and losses.
Weight: 47.1 g in total
Dimensions: Height 3.3 cm each

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related lot of three gilt bronze
seals with tortoises and a chimera, two of which are larger than the present
seals, sold by Christie’s New york in The Sze yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes
from the Anthony Hardy Collection on 16 September 2010, lot 904, for USD
$7,500.

一對鎏金鹿形方印，東漢
中國，公元25-220年。凹版鑄造的方形底座，印章面分別可見兩個字符。鹿形印章
鈕。
來源：加拿大多倫多Pao & Moltke 東亞藝術，1995。加拿大私人收藏，根據參加個
人紀錄購於上述藝廊。
品相：原始狀態良好，尤其是考慮其年齡。 廣泛磨損，銅紅色和孔雀石綠的包漿，
輕微的划痕和缺損。
重量：縂47.1 克
尺寸：分別高3.3 厘米
estimate euR 600,-
Starting price EUr 300,-

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