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A set of three glass-inlaid gilt-bronze 'bear' supports, Han dynasty 漢 鎏金銅嵌琉璃熊形承足一組三件

Lot Closed

January 19, 02:12 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A set of three glass-inlaid gilt-bronze 'bear' supports,

Han dynasty

漢 鎏金銅嵌琉璃熊形承足一組三件


h. 3.8 cm

Collection of the estate of Robert P. Youngman, New York (1940-2018).
Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2021 (GBP 12,000).

來源:
楊門承產收藏,紐約(1940-2018年)
Ben Janssens Oriental Art,倫敦,2021年(英鎊12,000)
Animal-form supports of this type were made to serve as supports for vessels such as lian, zun or pan; for example, see two Han dynasty gilt-bronze vessels with crouching bear feet, one preserved in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, accession no. S1987.341a-b, the other preserved in the Bejing Palace Museum.