- Lot 212

Lot n° 212
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- Lot 212
CHINA - HAN period (206 B.C. - 220) Small reclining tiger, in solid bronze inlaid and engraved with gold highlighting the stripes, whiskers, eyes and the underside of the paws. Probably once used as a candlestick, as suggested by the square hole on the tiger's back, the erasure of gilding at the thumb grip, and the remaining traces of wax. H. 4 cm - W. 7 cm - WEIGHT - 519 g Missing the upper part It was during the Han period that Chinese animal sculpture took off and became independent of the representations usually associated with ritual vases. Instead of symbolic evocations of chimerical animals, this dynasty with its refined taste preferred representations of more intimate dimensions, in which the realism of the postures of certain well-known animals (tigers in particular) is better expressed, such as the very expressive model that we are presenting for sale. - DELACOUR Catherine. De bronze, d'or et d'argent : arts somptuaires de la Chine. Exhibition catalogue, RMN, 2001, p. 109 and 115. - Reclining buffalo matting weight - Musée Guimet MA 1081 - Mat weight in the form of a tiger devouring a wild boar - Musée Guimet AA 53 - Matting weight in the shape of a tiger turned inside out - Musée Guimet EO 1543
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