A gilt-bronze 'mythical beast' weight, Han - Six dynasties | 漢至六朝銅鎏金瑞獸形鎮

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March 17, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A gilt-bronze 'mythical beast' weight

Han - Six dynasties

漢至六朝銅鎏金瑞獸形鎮

crouching with the muscular body twisting sharply and the head turned to one side, the face with a menacing expression with the mouth open, the lips curling back in a snarl, and the eyes wide, a pair of ridged horns pressing against the neck, tufts of fur covering the body and sweeping outward from the elbows, a pair of feathered wings tucked against the torso, wood stand (2)

Length 2 ¼ in., 5.7 cm

Von Bergen Auction, Scranton, 1958.

Collection of Robert L. Shalkop (1922-2008), and thence by descent.

來源

Von Bergen Auction，斯克蘭頓，1958年

Robert L. Shalkop (1922-2008) 收藏，此後家族傳承

The present chimera-form weight has a richly textured coat and an animated expression that characterizes cast-bronze animal-form figures in the Han to Six Dynasties period. Bronze weights of this type include a pair in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (coll. nos B60B808 and B60B821); one from the Schoenlicht Collection and another from the Stoclet Collection, both illustrated in H. F. E. Visser, Asiatic Art, New York, 1952, pl. 68; and one from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat exhibited in Art of the Six Dynasties, China Institute, New York, 1975, cat. no. 39

A gilt-bronze 'mythical beast' weight, Han - Six dynasties | 漢至六朝 銅鎏金瑞獸形鎮

A gilt-bronze 'mythical beast' weight, Han - Six dynasties | 漢至六朝銅鎏金瑞獸形鎮