6th Nov, 2023 10:00
Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE COFFIN HANDLES
西漢 青銅神人獸面紋舖首一對
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE COFFIN HANDLES
Western Han Dynasty (2nd – 1st century B.C.E)
西漢 青銅神人獸面紋舖首一對
Each fixture cast as a taotie mask sporting bulging spherical eyes south of wide bushy eyebrows, topped by a mythical face flanked by a pair of slender chilong dragons, the mask nose formed as a loop that suspends a large openwork handle decorated with incised circles and formed with raised scrolling motifs,
33cm long, weight approx. 1.23kg and 1.18kg
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PROVENANCE:
The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff business man born in Latvia;
Thence by descent as stated in a handwritten letter dated 1975;
Property of the Essex Collection of Early Chinese Art, British Private Collection, where some of the collection is now housed in the National Museum of Wales.
來源：
洛文森舊藏，於1930至1950年代由拉脫維亞裔卡迪夫商人馬克斯·洛文森(1879-1945)組成；
此後家族傳承，敘於一1975年信件中；
艾塞克斯早期中國藝術品，英國私人收藏，部份藏品現藏於威爾斯國家博物館。
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