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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION,
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
504
A BRONZE TIGER-FORM WEIGHT
Han dynasty
The crouching figure finely cast with three legs extended to the front,
the other splayed to the right with long tail curled around the lithe body
touching the low tucked head, traces of gilt showing under the heavy
patina.
2 3/4in (6.9cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000

漢 銅虎式鎮

Provenance:
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1986
Northern California Private Collection

While many recorded animal-shaped weights from this period are cast
as tightly coiled beasts in a compact form - see a ‘tiger’ weight sold
in our London rooms, 12 May 2016, lot 7, and a fine inlaid example
at Christie’s New York, The Sze Yuan Tang Collection, 16 September
2010, lot 886 - others, such as the current lot are found in natural
poses. See a chilong-form weight from the collection of Anthony
Schnelling, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 2015, lot
504 803 and another which was sold at Christie’s New York, The Sze Yuan
Tang Collection, 16 September 2010, lot 905.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION,
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
505
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUE
Late Shang dynasty, 12th/11th century BCE
Raised on three blade-form supports, the U-shaped body elegantly
cast with a wide band of taotie masks separated by vertical flanges
and reserved on an elegant leiwen ground extending to cicada blades
under the flared spout and rim and set off by two whorl-capped posts
and a plain curved handle partly obscuring a cast pictogram of a
kneeling figure, the surface covered in areas with a rich malachite and
cuprite patina.
7 1/8in (18.2cm) high

$6,000 - 9,000

商晚期 公元前十一/十二世紀 青銅饕餮紋爵

Provenance:
E & J Frankel Gallery, New York, 1979
Northern California Private Collection

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