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1 mars 2017

A very rare gilt-bronze feline-form ornament, North China, 1st-2nd century AD

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Lot 847. A very rare gilt-bronze feline-form ornament, North China, 1st-2nd century AD. Estimate: USD 15,000 - USD 25,000© Christie's Images Ltd 2017.

The finely cast feline is shown gracefully prowling with head turned to the side and right fore-paw raised, the end of the tail hidden behind the right rear paw. Two pins project from the almost flat reverse. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long, box

ProvenancePrivate collection, France, before 1945.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, before 1969.

LiteratureJ. F. So and E. C. Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Washington D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1995, pp. 155-56, no. 77, and cover.

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