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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF BRONZE HORSE-HARNESS CHEEK
FITTINGS
Western Zhou Dynasty
Created in mirror image to be attached to the harness on both sides of
a horse’s head, possibly as military protection or for ceremonial display 435
purposes, each formed from a thin metal sheet as an irregularly-
curving pieced plaque, now with attractive green patination and minor
shallow encrustation, fitted stands. 22cm (9in) wide (4).

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西周 青銅馬鑣一對

Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1961
J.T. Tai & Co., New York
Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 2011, lot 10.

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: C.T. Loo, Exhibition of
Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no.131.

來源：紐約古董商盧吳公司，1961年
紐約古董商戴潤齋
紐約蘇富比，2011年3月22日，拍品編號10

展覽著錄：盧芹齋，《中國藝術展》，紐約，1941年，編號131

See a related example illustrated by C.F.Kelley and Ch’en Meng-Chia,
Chinese Bronzes from the Buckingham Collection, Chicago, 1946,
pl.XLII.
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