A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUFFALO Western Zhou Dynasty
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUFFALO
Western Zhou Dynasty
Cast standing four-square and facing forwards, the body decorated with spiral motifs to the haunches, the bronze patinated to a reddish brown hue with areas of verdigris.
8.2cm (3 1/4in) long.
西周 銅牛
Provenance:
Arthur M Sackler, by repute
Dr Paul Singer, by repute
For a pair of buffalos see D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Chinese Art, 1966, p. 68, pl. 39. A bronze elephant, only 2.5cm in length from the Royal Ontario Museum was published by Singer in P. Singer, Early Chinese Miniatures, China House Gallery, 1977, cat. no. 16.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A BUFFALO
Western Zhou Dynasty
Cast standing four-square and facing forwards, the body decorated with spiral motifs to the haunches, the bronze patinated to a reddish brown hue with areas of verdigris.
8.2cm (3 1/4in) long.
西周 銅牛
Provenance:
Arthur M Sackler, by repute
Dr Paul Singer, by repute
For a pair of buffalos see D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Chinese Art, 1966, p. 68, pl. 39. A bronze elephant, only 2.5cm in length from the Royal Ontario Museum was published by Singer in P. Singer, Early Chinese Miniatures, China House Gallery, 1977, cat. no. 16.
