A PAIR OF BRONZE 'RECUMBENT DOE' CHARIOT YOKE ORNAMENTS Northwest China and southwestern Inner M...

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A PAIR OF BRONZE 'RECUMBENT DOE' CHARIOT YOKE ORNAMENTS Northwest China and southwestern Inner Mongolia, 5th/4th century BCE Each naturalistically modelled with a robust torso connected to a slender neck, cast with almond-shaped eyes and a pair of wide ears, the legs neatly tucked beneath. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) long. (2). Footnotes: 公元前五/四世紀青銅鹿一對 Provenance: An English Private Collection. Compare with a similar bronze deer published in E.C. Bunker Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes: The Eugene V. Thaw and Other New York Collections, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.69, cat.no.35. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A PAIR OF BRONZE 'RECUMBENT DOE' CHARIOT YOKE ORNAMENTS Northwest China and southwestern Inner M...

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