AN ORDOS BRONZE ‘RECUMBENT STAG’ PLAQUE, WARRING... Lot n° 420

China, Inner Mongolia, Ordos, 5th-3rd century BC. Cast as a recumbent stag, with the front and hind legs tucked under the body, the head turned upwards, the antlers in the form of three loops, the reverse set with a loop for attachment. Provenance: Grays Antique Center, London, 1999. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired from the above (invoice not available). Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative arts spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he published an extensive study of Chinese riding gear in “Dragon & Horse, Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond”. Between 1976 and 2009 he worked for numerous museums across the Netherlands and was the director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch. Condition: Good, original condition, remarkable considering the age of this plaque! Some wear, minuscule nicks, and scratches. Some malachite-green encrustations to the reverse in the recesses. Originally with inlays, which are missing. Weight: 5.4 g Dimensions: Length 2.9 cm Literature comparison: Similar plaques cast in bronze were found in a number of Ordos tombs in Hebei province and Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtong qi quanji, vol. 15, Beijing, 1995, pls. 150, 152- 153, and Erduosi shi qingtong qi, Beijing, 1986, p. 173, fig. 121 and pl. 88:1-5. Another set of twenty almost identical plaques is in the collection of Leon Levy and Shelby White, illustrated in Jenny F. So and Emma C. Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Washington D.C., 1995, cat. no. 83. E. C. Bunker, James C.Y Watt and Zhixin Sun, Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2002, no. 135, p. 158 Auction result comparison: Compare with a lot of four closely related stag plaques, of near-identical design but crafted from gold, at Sotheby’s London in Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares on 14 May 2008, lot 2, sold for GBP 20,900. 戰國鄂爾多斯青銅鹿形配飾 中國，内蒙古鄂爾多斯，公元前五至三世紀。斜躺的雄鹿，將前腿和後腿塞在身體下方，頭部向上轉動，鹿角呈三個環的形式，反向設置有一個環以固定。 來源：Grays Antique Center, London, 1999. Dr. Koos de Jong收藏，購於上述收藏（發票丟失）。Dr. de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家， 幾十年來他一直私人收藏中國藝術品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書，內容涉及從中世紀到現代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝術。 2013年，他在《Dragon & Horse：Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研究。1976年至2009年間，他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作，並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷工作中心的主任。 圖片: Dr. Koos de Jong 與Ingeborg de Roode (照片來自於Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) 品相：考慮到其年代，為良好的原始狀態。一些磨損，微小的划痕和刻痕。局部有銅綠。最初有鑲嵌，但已丟失。 重量：5.4 克 尺寸：長2.9 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相近的佩飾，幾乎相同的形狀但材料為金，見倫敦蘇富比Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares 拍場，2008年5月14日lot 2, 售價GBP 20,900.