Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 30

A Chinese gilt bronze plaque

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £950

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Description

A Chinese gilt bronze plaque, formed as a tiger devouring a deer, Ordos, Warring States period - Western Han, 11.8cm. Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough. Cf. G. Fahr-Becker, The Art of East Asia, p.59 for a related figure.