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PLAQUE EN BRONZE ARCHAÏQUE
PARTIELLEMENT DORÉ, PAIRE DE
PLAQUES EN BRONZE DORÉ, ET UNE
PETITE PLAQUE EN BRONZE EN FORME
DE DAIM
Ordos, vers le VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.
AN ARCHAIC PARCEL-GILT BRONZE
PLAQUE; A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE
PLAQUES; AND A SMALL DEER-SHAPED
BRONZE PLAQUE
Ordos, circa 6th-1st century BC
Comprising, one plaque parcel gilt and
decorated with a pair of recumbent horses,
the legs bent and tucked under their well-
defined muscular bodies, circa 2nd century
BC 10cm (4in) wide x 4.7cm (1 3/8in) high;
a pair of reticulated gilt-bronze plaques,
decorated with openwork designs of sinuous
dragons, circa 2nd century BC, 6cm (2 3/8in)
long x 3.9cm (1 1/2in) wide; together with a
small plaque shaped as a deer with its legs
folded beneath the body, the long antlers held
parallel close to its back, 6th century BC, 4cm
(1 1/in) long. (4).
€300 - 500
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired
prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Compare the central belt plaque with a
similar pair of belt plaques, 2nd century BC,
illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient
Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong,
1990, p.346, no.225. The author notes that
‘two pairs of identical plaques were excavated
at Xichagou, Xifeng, northeast Liaoning
Province, and at Daodunzi in Tongxin, Ningxia,
216 both sites associated with the Xiongnu’. A
set of twenty similar bronze ‘deer’ garment
ornaments, 6th century BC, is illustrated by
J.F.So and E.C.Bunker, Traders and Raiders
on China’s Northern Frontier, Seattle, 1995,
p.160, no.83.
鄂爾多斯 約公元前六至一世紀 局部鎏金銅馬
紋飾牌、鎏金銅獸紋飾牌一對、及青銅鹿形
飾牌 一組四件
來源：
217 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，
於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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COUTEAU EN BRONZE À TERMINAISON Provenance: 來源：
EN TÊTE DE DAIM Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981) 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏
Ordos, XIIe-XIe siècle av. J.-C. Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）
舊藏
A BRONZE ‘DEER’ HANDLED KNIFE Compare a similar bronze knife, 12th-
Ordos, 12th-11th century BC 11th century BC, illustrated by J.F.So and
Finely cast with a curved blade the shaft E.C.Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China’s
decorated with geometric designs terminating Northern Frontier, Seattle, 1995, pp.101-102,
in a deer head defined by curving horns and no.15.
long snout.
27cm (10 5/8in) long. 鄂爾多斯 公元前十二至十一世紀 青銅鹿紋
柄刀
€800 - 1,200