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Lot 69
Sale 2046 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 21, 2025
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$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$8,960
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Lot Description
A Pair of Small Chinese Gilt Bronze Bear-Form Supports, Han Dynasty
漢 銅鎏金熊形器足兩件
漢 銅鎏金熊形器足兩件
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Each figure cast seated with the head lowered with eyes looking downwards, the mouth slightly open revealing the sharp teeth, the left paw placed atop the left leg, the hollow eyes and the round opening on the belly originally for hardstone inlays, the figure backed by a perforated lug for attachment.
Note:
For a close example, see the Ordos Bronze Museum. Manman Silu Zeyi Baidai. Beijing: China Science Publishing & Media Ltd., 2018, p 83.
漢鎏金銅熊,安思遠遺產專場后一戰成名。雙目圓睜,張口前突,兩耳豎立,面部陰刻短線象征鬃毛,單腿跪立,一爪上舉,一爪撫於腿部。後有缺口,可插釘銷,應為器足。兩熊左右相對,肥碩生動,稚拙可愛。
參見咸陽博物院藏,咸陽市渭城區渭城鎮龔家灣一號漢墓出土的西漢鎏金銅熊;以及内蒙古明博草原文化博物館所藏的同款,收錄于鄂爾多斯青銅器博物館編《漫漫絲路澤遺百代:草原、海上絲綢之路文物精粹》,科學出版社2018年出版,83頁。
Height of each 1 3/8 in., 3.5 cm.
Property from the RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, California
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