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CHIMÈRE EN BRONZE PARTIELLEMENT DORÉ Provenance:
Époque des Royaumes Combattants/Dynastie des Han occidentaux Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
(475 avant J.-C– 220 ap. J.-C) Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
A RARE PARCEL GILT-BRONZE MODEL OF A CHIMERA Compare with a related bronze model of a tiger, Warring States,
Warring States Period/Eastern Han Dynasty (475 BC-220 AD) illustrated by Wen Fong, The Great Bronze Age of China, London,
Well cast in a striding posture defined by an arched body trailed by 1980, p.3010, fig.101. See also a related bronze figure of a mythical
a long curling tail and flanked by cast and incised wings, the head winged beast inlaid with silver, Eastern Zhou dynasty, from the Royal
detailed with two horns above protruding eyes and a long, upturned tombs of the Zhongshan state, Pingshan county, Hebei Province,
snout exposing its sharp fangs, stand. illustrated by J.Rawson, Mysteries of Ancient China: New Discoveries
8.5cm (3 2/8in) long. (2). from the Early Dynasties, London, 1996, p.156.
€3,000 - 5,000 戰國/西漢 局部鎏金銅走龍
來源：
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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