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9 décembre 2022

An Ordos bronze 'animal' belt buckle, South-central Inner Mongolia, 6th century BC

 

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Lot 181. An Ordos bronze 'animal' belt buckle, South-central Inner Mongolia, 6th century BC; 3.9 by 6.9 cm. Lot sold: 30,240 HKD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

of rectangular form, deftly modelled with a pair of confronting double-headed felines flanking a rabbit head, the bottom edge centred with a hook in the form of a bird, the underside plain.

Provenance: Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 18th April 1988.

Literature: Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 202.

Exhibited: Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.

Note: See two almost identical pieces, one formerly in the collection of Colonel William Mayer and Arthur M. Sackler (accession no. 177.1), illustrated in Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1997, pl. 177; and another collected in the Hohhot region and dated to the Han dynasty, however, it was believed that an earlier date would seem more accurate (Bunker, p. 228).

Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022

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Tags: bronze,  Ordos,  6th century BC,  South-central Inner Mongolia,  'animal' belt buckle

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