Lot 330 An archaic silver and gold inlaid bronze 'warrior' lamp, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周戰國 錯金銀青銅銀首武士擎燈

An archaic silver and gold inlaid bronze 'warrior' lamp, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周戰國 錯金銀青銅銀首武士擎燈

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An archaic silver and gold inlaid bronze 'warrior' lamp
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
東周戰國 錯金銀青銅銀首武士擎燈
h. 15.2 cm
来源：A private English collection.
來源：
英國私人收藏
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说明：Representing the pinnacle of pre-Qin metallurgy, the present warrior lamp is masterfully crafted with a bronze body and a separately cast silver head, seamlessly united and lavishly embellished with gold and silver inlay. The figure is superbly modeled with harmonious proportions and a dignified, commanding countenance. Its flowing drapery and intricate accessories are finely delineated, perfectly complemented by the opulent yet refined inlay.
Figural lamps of this type emerged during the Warring States period and continued into the Han dynasty. They typically depict palace attendants, warriors, or winged immortals in standing or crouching postures, and are generally piece-mold cast in bronze. However, the sophisticated technique seen on the present lot—riveting a separately cast silver head to a bronze body—is exceptionally rare. The only known comparable example appears to be a male attendant lamp excavated in 1976 from the tomb of the King of Zhongshan, Hebei province, included in the exhibition Warring States Treasures: Cultural Relics from the Tomb of the King of Zhongshan, Hebei Province, Hong Kong, 1999, cat. no. 23.
For a closely related bronze figural lamp, see an example formerly in the collection of J.J. Lally, now housed in the Princeton University Art Museum, illustrated in Bronze and Gold in Ancient China, New York, 2003, cat. no. 12. See also a later Han dynasty iteration of this form, sold at Christie's New York, 26th March 2010, lot 1275.
此件武士擎燈乃先秦金屬工藝之集大成者，以銅為身，鑄銀為首，錯以金銀，渾然一體。人體比例雍容協調，開臉不怒而威，衣紋帶飾刻畫纖細，金銀相錯華麗不俗。
此類人形擎燈多見於戰國，延續至漢代，一般以宮人、武士、羽人為形，或立或踞，多為青銅分模鑄造，如本件分鑄銀首再鉚合於銅身者，似乎僅見於1976年出土於中山王墓之男俑擎燈，見《戰國雄風：河北省中山國王墓文物展》，香港，1999年，編號23。與本件造型類似者可參考美國藍理捷舊藏一件青銅人形燈，後售予普林斯頓大學，見藍理捷《Bronze and Gold in Ancient China》，紐約，2003年，編號12。又可參考一件漢代人形燈，乃此類人形燈之遺緒，然而不復戰國神采，2010年3月26售於紐約佳士得，編號1275。