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A bronze ram-form yoke ornament, circa 5th-4th century BC

Lot 820. A bronze ram-form yoke ornament, circa 5th-4th century BC. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,0000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The fitting is hollow cast either as a ram or an ibex shown standing atop two pierced flanges. 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high Provenance:...

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Tags: bronze, Erwin Harris Collection, circa 5th-4th century BC, ram-form yoke ornament

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19 février 2017

A bronze ibex ornament, 5th-4th century BC

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...

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Tags: bronze, 5th-4th century BC, Erwin Harris Collection, ibex ornament

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19 février 2017

A very rare and important bronze horse harness frontlet, Northwest China, 6th century BC

Lot 818. A very rare and important bronze horse harness frontlet, Northwest China, 6th century BC. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The harness fitting is well cast in relief as a stylized bovine head with a broad nose...

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Tags: bronze, 6th century BC, Erwin Harris Collection, Northwest China, horse harness frontlet

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19 février 2017

A pair of bronze tiger-shaped ornaments, circa 5th-3rd century BC

Lot 817. A pair of bronze tiger-shaped ornaments, circa 5th-3rd century BC. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. Each is cast as a tiger with a partially devoured rabbit dangling from its jaws, and a rabbit head forms the tip of...

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Tags: bronze, Erwin Harris Collection, circa 5th-3rd century BC, tiger-shaped ornaments

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18 février 2017

A bronze knife, Northeast China, 8th-7th century BC

Lot 816. A bronze knife, Northeast China, 8th-7th century BC. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The knife has an integrally cast curved blade and an openwork hilt formed by intertwining serpent bodies. A small oblong loop with...

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Tags: 8th-7th century BC, Northeast China, bronze knife

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18 février 2017

A bronze openwork belt hook, circa 5th-3rd century BC

Lot 815. A bronze openwork belt hook, circa 5th-3rd century BC. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The rectangular belt hook is cast in openwork with a fleeing stag being attacked from behind by a wolf, a hook is at one end and...

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Tags: Belt Hook, Erwin Harris Collection, circa 5th-3rd century BC

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18 février 2017

A finely cast bronze dagger, Northwest China, 7th-6th century BC

Lot 814. A finely cast bronze dagger, Northwest China, 7th-6th century BC. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The tapering blade issues from a taotie mask that forms the guard below the hollow-cast hilt decorated on each side...

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Tags: 7th-6th century BC, Erwin Harris Collection, Northwest China, bronze dagger

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18 février 2017

A bronze bow-shaped fitting with jingles, Late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC

Lot 813. A bronze bow-shaped fitting with jingles, Late Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The fitting has a faceted, sharply arched arm at each end that terminates in a globular jingle pierced...

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Tags: bronze, 12th-11th Century BC, Late Shang Dynasty, Erwin Harris Collection, bow-shaped fitting with jingles

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18 février 2017

A bronze dagger with rattle, 12th-11th Century BC

Lot 812. A bronze dagger with rattle, 12th-11th Century BC. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The tapering blade has a raised midrib on each side that extends from the tip through the plain guard, and the curved hilt is cast...

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17 février 2017

A bronze knife with rattle, 13th-11th Century BC

Lot 811. A bronze knife with rattle, 13th-11th Century BC. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. The tapering blade has a raised median rib on each side that extends from the center of the ribbed hilt which is set at one end with...

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