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12. SMALL ORMOLU PHOENIX STATUETTE
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220…
See original version (French)
12
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12. SMALL ORMOLU PHOENIX STATUETTE
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
12. SMALL ORMOLU PHOENIX STATUETTE
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD)
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A PHOENIX
Han Dynasty
Standing with wings folded back against the body and its tail fanning out behind it in broad plumes, the head turned backwards, with crested crown, the sturdy legs terminating in talons, resting on a square base.
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) high (2).
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Louis Lemcovici (1910-2010), thence by descent in the family.
漢 鎏金銅鳳凰擺件
來源
Louis Lemcovici（1910-2010）舊藏，此後家族傳承
Similarly shaped small bronze figures of phoenix or cockerels were used as finials or handles on vessel covers during the Han dynasty, suggesting that this small gilt-bronze figure of a phoenix originally served the same purpose. A related small gilt-bronze figure of a phoenix that was on the cover of a bronze lian, is illustrated in Seiichi Mizuno, Tenri Sankōkan zuroku, Nara, 1967, pl. 74. Another example was discovered in a Han dynasty tomb near Ding county, Hebei, and published in 'Dingxian Beizhuang Hanmu chutu wenwu jianbao', in Wenwu, 1964, no. 12, pl. 1, fig. 3. See also a bronze lian with a cover set with three similarly shaped bird-form handles, from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, sold Christie's New York, 18 March 2009, lot 219.
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