6th Nov, 2023 10:00
Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
A CHINESE PARCEL GILT BRONZE BELT HOOK, DAIGOU
漢 銅鎏金象首帶鉤
A CHINESE PARCEL GILT BRONZE BELT HOOK, DAIGOU
Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E – 220 C.E)
漢 銅鎏金象首帶鉤
The openwork hook cast to one end with an elephant head sporting a slender, curved trunk and wide ears, followed by two bears, one holding its sharp claws aloft as the other faces a pair of opposing deer-like creatures decorated with incised tufts of fur and miniature star motifs, the lower section with a second elephant whose long trunk extends along the shaft towards a phoenix head terminus, the underside with a gilt-decorated button,
20cm long, weight approx. 225g
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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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