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105 A BRONZE MAT WEIGHT
HAN DYNASTY
漢 銅博戲俑席鎮

cast in the round, the figure seated with the head bowed and legs tucked under, leaning on one arm, the other resting on the
knee, wearing a voluminous robe with the long sleeves concealing the hands, the face incised with bushy brows and beard
with a broad nose, extensive remnants of red pigment, the hollow interior filled with lead

Height 3 in., 7.5 cm
$ 10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Striking for its fluid exaggerated pose, the present stylized figure represents the fully developed bronze sculptural
tradition of the Han dynasty (206 BC - 221 AD). Filled with lead or clay, such figures were produced in sets of four
and served to hold down mats for seating and for playing liubo. One such set of figures, excavated from tomb no. 1
at Fujiagou, Lingtai county, Gansu province and now in the Lingtai County Cultural Center, is illustrated in The Great
Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts. Sculpture of the Qin and Han Dynasties, vol. 2, Beijing, 1988, pl. 75, where the figures
are described as dice players. Another complete set in the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, is illustrated
in Christian Deydier, Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1980, pl. 102; and another in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, is
illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 253. A fourth complete set was sold in
our London rooms, 5th December 1995, lot 20.

Individual weights cast in similar pose to the present example include two in the exhibition Kandai no Bijutsu [Arts of
the Han Dynasty], Osaka Municipal Museum, 1974, cat. nos 2-169 and 2-170, the latter previously sold in our London
rooms, 11th July 1972, lot 281, and was sold again in the same rooms, 7th June 1988, lot 5. Further examples include
one sold in these rooms, 6th April 1982, lot 23; and another sold at Christie’s New York, 2nd December 1986, lot 330.

本像姿態靈動流暢，風格化人像造型，乃漢代銅像藝術成 術館，圖見《中国の工芸：出光美術館蔵品図録》，東
熟之佳例代表。此類銅像內填鉛或陶土，多數成組四件製 京，1989年，圖版253。第四套作例售於倫敦蘇富比
作，用於固定地席或六博之用。其中一套出土自甘肅省 1995年12月5日，編號20。
靈臺縣付家溝村1號古墓，現藏於靈臺縣文化館，圖載於
《The Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts. Sculpture 單例可參考《中國美術展：漢代の美術》，大阪市立美術
of the Qin and Han Dynasties》，卷2，北京， 1988 館，大阪，1974年，編號2-169及2-170，人像造型與本
年，圖版75。另一套現存於比利時皇家藝術與歷史博物 品相近，後者兩度售於倫敦蘇富比，1972年7月11日，編
館，布魯塞爾，圖載於戴克成，《Chinese Bronzes》 號281及1988年6月7日，編號5。再比兩例，其一售於紐
，紐約，1980年，圖版102；另一例現藏於東京出光美 約蘇富比1982年4月6日，編號23；另一例售於紐約佳士
得1986年12月2日，編號330。

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