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A pair of archaic bronze horse bridle ornaments, Mid-Western Zhou dynasty, circa 8th century BC 西周中期約公元前八世紀 青銅馬鑣一對

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A pair of archaic bronze horse bridle ornaments,

Mid-Western Zhou dynasty, circa 8th century BC

西周中期約公元前八世紀 青銅馬鑣一對


12.7 by 12.1 cm

J.J. Lally, New York, 17th March 2011.
Collection of Julius Eberhardt (1936-2012), Vienna.

藍理捷,紐約,2011年3月17日
朱利思.艾伯哈特(1936-2012年)收藏,維也納

Asian Orientations: Treasures from Honolulu's Oriental Art Society, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 1985, cat, no. 1.
Ancient Chinese Bronzes, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2011, cat. no. 12.

《Asian Orientations: Treasures from Honolulu's Oriental Art Society》,檀香山藝術學院,檀香山,1985年,編號1
《Ancient Chinese Bronzes》,藍理捷,紐約,2011年,編號12

Two pairs of similar Western Zhou bronze cheek pieces discovered in Fufeng, Shaanxi, are now preserved in Shaanxi Provincial Zhouyan Museum and included in Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, Kentucky, Prospect, 2000, cat. no. 38. The author explains that a pair of cheek ornaments would have been attached with a central mouthpiece (p. 88).

陝西扶風出土兩對相類之西周青銅馬面飾,現存陝西周原博物館,圖見《帝王時代中國:馬》,肯塔基馬園及國際馬博物館,肯塔基,2000年,編號38,書中寫道,成對馬鑣,用來連接及固定勒在馬口之馬銜,藉此約束馬匹(頁88)。