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Lot 48

Sale 6088 - Asian Arts
Oct 14, 2021 6:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,500 - 2,000
Price Realized
$6,300
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A Chinese inscribed archaistic bronze "Tiger" tally 嵌金铜虎符 Possibly Ming Dynasty ??

Each of the matching halves cast in the form of a crouching tiger, the face detailed with slender eyes and curling ears, the spine with an inscription: "yu Luoyang Taishou wei hufu" ('tiger tally of Luoyang governor'), the left side inscribed with "Luoyang zuo yi" ('Luoyang, left, number one'), the boxwood stand inscribed with two characters reading "chen li".

L: 2 7/8 in.

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