A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT OR HORSE HARNESS FITTING

PROBABLY LATE SHANG DYNASTY/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Of strap-form, cast with bands of geometric designs, with two jingles to the ends, together with a fitted wood stand with a paper label for the H J Lowenthal Collection, 146, 32.5cm, 522g. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Mr H J Lowenthal, no.146, purchased from Bonhams Knightsbridge on 25th February 2015, lot 360 (part).

A copy of a report by Dr Brian Gilmour, Oxford, on the item is available.

Cf. the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, no.AC1998.251.38 for a similar piece dated to the late Shang dynasty or early Zhou dynasty.