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TWO BRONZE LINCHPINS 283 ASIAN ART | 113
Western Zhou
One cast with a stylised bird terminal before
a squared back with curved base; the other
cast in the form of a tiger’s head, the well
defined face with curvilinear motifs to the
forehead.
9.5cm (3.3/4in) and 11cm (4.3/8in) long. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

Provenance
Bird terminal linchpin: Collection of D. David-
Weill. Inventory no. D.W 3209 to reverse.
Sotheby’s 29 February, 1972, Lot 108.

Tiger’s head linchpin: Purchased in Japan,
1980.

Exhibited
Bird terminal linchpin: Musée de l’Orangerie,
Chinese Bronzes from the Tcheou, Ts’in and
Han Dynasties, 1934, catalogue no. 95.

Literature
Bird terminal linchpin: O. Janse, Le style du
Houai, Revue des arts asiatiques, 1934, pl.LII,
fig.4.

Compare the tiger’s head linch pin with a
bronze tiger mask from the collection of David
David-Weill, Sotheby’s Paris, 16 December
2015, Lot 37. Also a similar tiger’s head
linchpin in the Freer-Sackler Collection,
accession no. F1911.87.

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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MODEL OF A
RECUMBENT RHINOCEROS
Eastern Zhou
The recumbent beast with its head raised and
facing its right, the body cast with scrollwork
designs, inset glass eyes.
6cm (2.3/8in) long.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

Provenance
Purchased Bluett & Sons Ltd. 2 June 1982.