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the rare and magnIfIcent
                                   ‘marQuIs de ganay’ gold and

                                          sIlver-InlaId Bronze
                                             charIot fIttIngs










                           PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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                           A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT
                           FITTINGS
                           EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
                           The chariot fittings are exquisitely inlaid in gold and silver and skillfully cast in openwork in the zoomorphic
                           form of a dragon pursuing a phoenix, the shaft in the form of a cross-bow support. The dragons are
                           powerfully rendered with sinuous winged bodies inlaid in silver and gold with interlaced motifs, dots,
                           striations and scale-shaped details. The three-claws of each front leg are hooked into the body of the
                           phoenix that has an inclined head, blue-black glass eyes, sharp beak and curled crest. The interior of the
                           bronze fittings have malachite patination and are heavily encrusted.
                           10.1/4 in. (26 cm.) long
                           £600,000-1,000,000                                 US$780,000-1,300,000
                                                                                €670,000-1,100,000
                           PROVENANCE:
                           C.T. Loo, Paris, 1930.
                           Comtesse de Behague (1870-1939), Paris.
                           Marquis de Ganay (1861-1948), Paris.
                           Stephen Junkunc III (d.1978), Chicago.
                           Eskenazi, London, 2000.
                           Property from a Princely Collection.
                           LITERATURE:
                           E. Ader and M. Rheims, Objets d'Art de Chine appertenant au Maquis de Ganay, auction catalogue, Hotel
                           Drouot, Paris, 7 May 1952, no. 41.
                           Eskenazi, Masterpieces from Ancient China, Millenium Exhibition, 1960-2000, New York, London, No. 4.,
                           p32.

                           貴族私人珍藏
                           東周  銅錯金銀龍鳳紋車飾一對
                           來源:
                           盧芹齋舊藏, 巴黎, 1930年
                           de Behague伯爵夫人(1870-1939年) 舊藏, 巴黎
                           de Ganay侯爵(1861-1948年)舊藏, 巴黎
                           史蒂芬．瓊肯三世舊藏, 芝加哥
                           埃斯卡纳齐,倫敦, 2000年
                           出版:
                           E. Ader及M. Rheims,《Objets d'Art de Chine appertenant au Maquis de Ganay, auction catalogue》 Hotel Drouot, 巴黎, 1952
                           年5月7日, 圖41
                           埃斯卡纳齐, 《Masterpieces from Ancient China, Millennium Exhibition, 1960-2000》 紐約及倫敦, 2000年, 32頁, 圖4














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