6th Nov, 2023 10:00

Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
 
Lot 437
 
Lot 437 - A PAIR OF ORDOS BRONZE 'MAN AND TIGER' PLAQUES
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A PAIR OF ORDOS BRONZE 'MAN AND TIGER' PLAQUES
約公元前 500 年至公元 100 年 鄂爾多斯鎏金虎紋牌飾

A PAIR OF ORDOS BRONZE 'MAN AND TIGER' PLAQUES

Circa 500 B.C.E - 100 C.E

約公元前 500 年至公元 100 年 鄂爾多斯鎏金虎紋牌飾

Each openwork plaque cast to depict a man engaged in combat with a tiger, their bodies intertwining as they fight, framed within a rectangular rope-twist frame,

12.4cm long, weight approx. 207g and 166g

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PROVENANCE:

The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff businessman 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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