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7 juillet 2021

An archaic bronze figure of an ox, Western Han dynasty (202 BC–9 AD)

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Lot 5021. An archaic bronze figure of an ox, Western Han dynasty (202 BC–9 AD); l. 35 cm, with two X-raysEstimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 604,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Provenance: Mandala Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2007.

Note: Freestanding bronze figures of oxen are known from Western Han tombs in Yunnan province; compare, for example, a bronze ox excavated at Shizhaishan, Jinning county, and illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, vol. 14, Beijing, 1993, pl. 162, together with heads of oxen with similar crescent-shaped horns but supporting additional creatures, also from the Shihzhaishan site, pls. 163 and 164. 
Another rare bronze ox was sold in our London rooms, 20th June 2001, lot 4.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021

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