5 - 5. PAIRE DE PETITS ORNEMENTS CRUXIFORMES EN BRONZE Dynastie …

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5. PAIRE DE PETITS ORNEMENTS CRUXIFORMES EN BRONZE Dynastie des Zhou orientaux A PAIR OF SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE CRUCIFORM ORNAMENTS Eastern Zhou Dynasty Each hollow cast and surmounted by a stylised taotie mask in relief, the tubes of curved shape, the underside with a square opening, with green encrustation, fitted box. Each 4 cm (1 1/2 in.) high (3). Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Louis Lemcovici (1910-2010), thence by descent in the family. 東周青銅饕餮紋節約（馬具）一對來源 Louis Lemcovici（1910-2010）舊藏，此後家族傳承 Small ornamental parts or fittings, cast in bronze and also known as trappings, were made in large numbers for bridles, saddles and even chariots during the late Shang and Eastern Zhou period. Many found their way into collections in Europe, the US and Canada in the early decades of the 20th century. Among the many different types of bronze fittings or trappings are small bronze cruciform fittings similar in size and design to the present pair. Compare with a pair of bronze fittings in the collection of King Gustav Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973), published in Nils Palmgren, Selected Chinese Antiquities from the Collection of Gustav Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pl. 108:3 and 4. See also a pair of almost identical bronze cruciform fittings in the collection of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, published by Orvar Karlbeck, 'Select Objects from Ancient Shou Chou', in Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 1955, no. 27, pl. 56:2 and 3.

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