Lot 819. A bronze ibex ornament, 5th-4th century BC. Estimate USD 1,500 - USD 2,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017.

The ornament is heavily cast as a recumbent ibex with backward-turned head, and a horizontal attachment loop is on the reverse. There is extensive malachite encrustation. 2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 10-11 December 1992, lot 318.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

Literature: E. C. Bunker, et al., "Animal Style" Art from East to West, The Asia Society, New York, 1970, p. 66, no. 39. 

Christie's. The Harris Collection: Important Early Chinese Art, 16 March 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center