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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT- A BRONZE OVOID BOWL AND A TWO RARE BRONZE MASKS
AXLE TUBULAR CAP FITTING BRONZE BOWL AND COVER The first, Chu Kingdom, with large round
Western Zhou Dynasty Eastern Zhou/Han Dynasty eyes flanking a long, large nose, stand, 21cm
The tapering hollow tube closed at the The bowl and cover with deep sides, (8 1/4in) long; and the second, possibly
narrow end, the exterior cast in crisp shallow supported on a short spreading foot, the Liao dynasty, with almond-shaped eyes and
relief with a thin band of two striding archaic cover with a large flared ring finial, 18.5cm gently-smiling mouth, apertures drilled around
dragons confronted on a leiwen ground, (7 1/4in) wide; the ovoid bowl decorated the exterior, 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long. (3).
the wider open end with two rectangular around the exterior with a band of archaic
apertures for attachment to the axle shaft, scrolls, a ring handle applied to one side, £1,500 - 2,000
the surface attractively patinated and glossy, 16cm (6 1/4in) wide. (3). CNY14,000 - 18,000
wood stand.
13.5cm (5 1/2in) long. (2). £2,000 - 3,000 Please note this Lot is to be sold at
CNY18,000 - 27,000 No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000 Please note this Lot is to be sold at 楚 及或遼 銅面具 一組兩件
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 東周/漢 銅橢圓盌 及銅蓋盌 一組兩件 435
A PAIR OF RARE BRONZE HORSE
西周 銅龍紋車軸飾 Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), FRONTALS
New York Late Western Zhou Dynasty
Provenance: Dr Arthur M.Sackler Christie’s New York, 2 April 2009, lot 209 Each cast in relief at one end with a two-
(1913-1987), New York, no.V-3845 (elliptical bowl; part lot) and lot 216 (bowl and horned mythical-animal head, above a long
cover; part lot) plain domed shaft. 25.5cm (10in) long. (2).
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, 來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒（1913-1987） £1,500 - 2,000
London, 2010, no.3. 舊藏 CNY14,000 - 18,000
紐約佳士得，2009年4月2日，拍品編號209
來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒（1913-1987） （銅橢圓盌，部分拍品）及拍品編號216（銅 Please note this Lot is to be sold at
舊藏，編號V-3845 蓋盌，部分拍品） No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展 See a related bronze bowl and cover 西周晚期 青銅獸面當盧一對
覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號3 illustrated in Special Exhibition: Tin-Bronze of
China, Izumi, 1999, no.112. See a similar bronze harness frontal, Western
Compare with a pair of axle caps with a Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson
similar decorative band, Shang dynasty, in and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas Bronzes, London, 1990, no.67; see also
City, illustrated by A.Priest, Chinese bronzes, another example illustrated by S.D.Owyoung,
New York, 1938, no.21. Ancient Chinese Bronzes in The Saint Louis
Art Museum, Saint Louis, 1997, no.29;
and another example illustrated in Ancient
Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection,
Tokyo, 1989, no.96.

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