
Property of a Hong Kong Private Collector
Auction Closed
March 22, 08:01 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A gilt-bronze stand and ear cup
Western Han dynasty
西漢 銅鎏金架座及羽觴
(2)
Width 6⅝ in., 16.3 cm
Courage & Joy, New York, 2011.
Courage & Joy,紐約,2011年
Several gilt-bronze cup stands of similar form were discovered in a royal tomb in the vicinity of the mausoleum of the Han emperor Wudi (156-87 BC), in 1982 in Shaanxi province.
A closely related example is in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo (accession no. TJ5659). See also examples with lacquer ear cups in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (accession no. 2005.52.2.1.), and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (accession no. W.33-1950).