6th Nov, 2023 10:00
Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
A CHINESE GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BIXIE' COVER
漢 銅錯金銀三贔屭蓋
A CHINESE GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BIXIE' COVER
Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E – 220 C.E)
漢 銅錯金銀三贔屭蓋
The lid formed as three intertwined bixie encircling a rocky outcrop, each mythical beast formed with a curved body supported by powerful legs and terminating in a long slender tail that wraps around the hind, all decorated with gold and silver inlay to form slender bands along the tails and geometric motifs across the bodies,
5.6cm high, weight approx. 229g
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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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