A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON HEAD’ CHARIOT TERMINAL - photo 1

A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON HEAD’ CHARIOT TERMINAL

Lot 730
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 327 600
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 730 | A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON HEAD’ CHARIOT TERMINAL
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON HEAD’ CHARIOT TERMINAL

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

The dragon head is cast with an upturned snout and flared nostrils above the mouth which is open to reveal prominent teeth and a long tongue. A single S-shaped horn curves over the back of the head onto the neck. The head is finely incised with concentric wavy lines on the muzzle, and the horn and neck are incised with scales.

9 1⁄2 in. (24.2 cm.) long, cloth box







Provenance

Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2000.





Literature

Eskenazi Ltd., Masterpieces from Ancient China, London, 2000, no. 10.

Giuseppe Eskenazi with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 198, no. 58.

Eskenazi Ltd., Early Chinese art from private collections, London, 2016, no. 21.





Exhibited

New York, Pace Wildenstein, Masterpieces from Ancient China, 20 March - 1 April 2000.

London, Eskenazi Ltd., Masterpieces from Ancient China, 5 June - 8 July 2000.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, on loan from 4 March 2002 - 22 June 2006.

London, British Museum, on loan from 22 June 2006 - 5 December 2012.

London, Eskenazi, Ltd., Early Chinese art from private collections, 3 - 25 November 2016.





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Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Historical era:Han dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
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