Lot 182. An Ordos gilt-bronze 'winged horse' plaque, North China or Inner Mongolia, 2nd century BC; 10.2 by 4.8 by 0.6 cm. Lot sold: 239,400 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

of rectangular form, depicted with two confronting winged horses below a row of interlinked camel heads in two groups of four, all framed within double rope-twist borders, with a small aperture on the left side, the reverse set with a vertical attachment loop.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons, Ltd, Hong Kong, 10th April 1987.

Literature: Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 224.

Exhibited: Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.
British Museum, London, on loan, 1992-2015, no. OA 1936.11-18.139.

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