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A group of 13 gold and hardstone-inlaid bronze chariot harness fittings, Western Han dynasty | 西漢 青銅錯金嵌寶車馬飾一組十三件
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July 28, 02:36 AM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A group of 13 gold and hardstone-inlaid bronze chariot harness fittings,
Western Han dynasty
西漢 青銅錯金嵌寶車馬飾一組十三件
2.7 to 18 cm
including a horse frontlet (danglu 當顱), a pair of S-shaped cheek-pieces (biao 鑣) for a bridle, two snaffles (xian 銜) each with a twist-fluted shaft to be held in the horse’s teeth, three oval harness ornaments (銅泡), and five rings (環)
Sze Yuan Tang Collection, 1980s-90s.
Bonhams London, 9th November 2017, lot 6 (£10,625).
來源：
思源堂收藏，1980至90年代
香港邦瀚斯2017年11月9日，編號6（英鎊10,625）
Similar chariot fittings inlaid with turquoise and agate were discovered in the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng (d. 113 BC) at Mancheng, Heibei province, and illustrated in the excavation report, Mancheng Hanmu Fajue Baogao [Excavation of the Han Tombs at Mancheng], vol. 2, Beijing, 1980, figs 124, 125, 129, 133, 139, 141, 143, 223 and 228.