Asian Art I - 16th November 2011

Lot 483

A Chinese Ordos bronze weight in the form of a feline 5th/4th century BC

Estimate £350 - £450 | Hammer £400

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Description

A Chinese Ordos bronze weight in the form of a feline 5th/4th century BC, cast in the round in the form of an attenuated big cat shown in profile, 5.6cm. Provenance: Professor and Mrs Charles Seligman, Oxfordshire, UK, acquired early to mid-20th century. Cf. E. Bunker, Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, p.190, no.114.