16th Oct, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 335
 


Lot 335 - A LARGE AND RETICULATED GILT BRONZE ‘FIGHTING HORSES’ BELT PLAQUE
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A LARGE AND RETICULATED GILT BRONZE ‘FIGHTING HORSES’ BELT PLAQUE
大型銅鎏金“戰馬“帶鈎

Sold for €1,896

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

North China, 3rd-2nd century BC. Of rectangular form, cast in openwork with two stallions in combat, one being bitten on the neck and the other on the leg, all within a foliate border in high relief.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 14 October 1986. George R. Bruha, Chicago, USA, acquired from the above. A copy of a Certificate of Antiquity, issued by P.C. Lu & Sons on 14 October 1986, dating the plaque to the 4th century BC and describing it as an ‘Antique gilt-bronze Ordos plaque depicting two ponies fighting’ accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, fine patina with areas of malachite-green and copper-red, soil encrustations, the gilding in superb condition.

Weight: 66.7 g
Dimensions: Size 10.5 x 5 cm

With a modern plexiglass stand and a fitted silk box dating to the mid-1980s or earlier. (3)

Auction result comparison: Compare a related openwork gilt bronze plaque at Sotheby’s New York in The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection: Chinese Archaic & Gilt Bronzes on 19 March 2002, lot 88, bought-in at an estimate of USD 30,000-40,000, and a pair of closely related belt plaques, but with Bactrian camels, at Christie’s New York in The Harris Collection, Important Early Chinese Art, on 16 March 2017, lot 859, sold for USD 11,875.

大型銅鎏金“戰馬“帶鈎
中國北方，公元前三至二世紀。長方形，鏤空鑄造，兩匹公馬在戰鬥中，一匹被咬在脖子上，另一匹被咬在腿上，邊框高浮雕卷葉紋。

來源：1986年10月14日香港P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd.。美國芝加哥George R. Bruha, 購於上述藝廊。當日古玩店出具的古玩鑒定證書上認爲帶鈎是來自公元前四世紀，並描述為“鄂爾多斯銅鎏金馬駒帶鈎“。隨附該鑒定證書副本。
品相：狀況非常好，與年代相符，帶有綠色和銅紅色包漿，局部泥土結殼，鎏金狀況極佳。

重量：66.7 克
尺寸：10.5 x 5 厘米

現代有機玻璃底座和上世紀八十年代或更早的絲盒。 (3)

拍賣結果比較：一件鎏金銅帶鈎見紐約蘇富比 The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection: Chinese Archaic & Gilt Bronzes，2002年3月19日，lot 88，估價 USD 30,000-40,000；以及一對相似雙峰駝帶鈎，紐約佳士得The Harris Collection，Important Early Chinese Art，2017年3月16日，lot 859，售價USD 11,875。

 

North China, 3rd-2nd century BC. Of rectangular form, cast in openwork with two stallions in combat, one being bitten on the neck and the other on the leg, all within a foliate border in high relief.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 14 October 1986. George R. Bruha, Chicago, USA, acquired from the above. A copy of a Certificate of Antiquity, issued by P.C. Lu & Sons on 14 October 1986, dating the plaque to the 4th century BC and describing it as an ‘Antique gilt-bronze Ordos plaque depicting two ponies fighting’ accompanies this lot.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, fine patina with areas of malachite-green and copper-red, soil encrustations, the gilding in superb condition.

Weight: 66.7 g
Dimensions: Size 10.5 x 5 cm

With a modern plexiglass stand and a fitted silk box dating to the mid-1980s or earlier. (3)

Auction result comparison: Compare a related openwork gilt bronze plaque at Sotheby’s New York in The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection: Chinese Archaic & Gilt Bronzes on 19 March 2002, lot 88, bought-in at an estimate of USD 30,000-40,000, and a pair of closely related belt plaques, but with Bactrian camels, at Christie’s New York in The Harris Collection, Important Early Chinese Art, on 16 March 2017, lot 859, sold for USD 11,875.

大型銅鎏金“戰馬“帶鈎
中國北方，公元前三至二世紀。長方形，鏤空鑄造，兩匹公馬在戰鬥中，一匹被咬在脖子上，另一匹被咬在腿上，邊框高浮雕卷葉紋。

來源：1986年10月14日香港P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd.。美國芝加哥George R. Bruha, 購於上述藝廊。當日古玩店出具的古玩鑒定證書上認爲帶鈎是來自公元前四世紀，並描述為“鄂爾多斯銅鎏金馬駒帶鈎“。隨附該鑒定證書副本。
品相：狀況非常好，與年代相符，帶有綠色和銅紅色包漿，局部泥土結殼，鎏金狀況極佳。

重量：66.7 克
尺寸：10.5 x 5 厘米

現代有機玻璃底座和上世紀八十年代或更早的絲盒。 (3)

拍賣結果比較：一件鎏金銅帶鈎見紐約蘇富比 The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection: Chinese Archaic & Gilt Bronzes，2002年3月19日，lot 88，估價 USD 30,000-40,000；以及一對相似雙峰駝帶鈎，紐約佳士得The Harris Collection，Important Early Chinese Art，2017年3月16日，lot 859，售價USD 11,875。

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