拍品信息
拍品名称
東周戰國 銅錯金銀雲氣紋弓承一對
起拍价
GBP 20,000
估值区间
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
尺寸
未知
品相
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Length 21 cm, 8¼ in.
来源：Christian Deydier，巴黎，得於1995年
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说明：This pair of superbly cast and detailed fittings would once have been fitted to a crossbow or acted or supported a crossbow on a chariot for a high-ranking charioteer. Fittings of this type have been excavated in pairs in association with chariots, but the actual function and placement has been debated amongst scholars with one theory proposing that they were fitted to the front of a crossbow shaft to support a bow with the upcurved terminals acting as the aiming mechanism (Luoyang Museum, 'Luoyang Zhongzhoulu Zhanguo chemakeng [The Chariot Pit Found at Zhongzhou Road, Luoyang]', Kaogu, vol. 3, 1974, p. 177, fig. 7). Another – perhaps more commonly accepted – theory is that the fittings functioned as crossbow supports on a chariot. They were attached horizontally to the front panel of a chariot, adjacent to the occupants. The crossbow would have been placed facing down, with its bow resting on the curved shafts and its handle positioned obliquely upward, ready at hand for a quick draw.
Compare a related fitting with the terminal of the curved shaft similarly rendered in the form of a snake's head, but decorated with silver inlay only, excavated in Luoyang in 1973 and now preserved in the Luoyang Museum, illustrated in Li Xueqin, ed., Zhongguo meishu quanji: Gongyi meishu bian [Complete series on Chinese art: Arts and crafts section], 5: Qingtong qi [Bronzes], vol. 2, Beijing, 1986, pl. 117. Compare also another pair of gold and silver-inlaid bronze fittings sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 2022, lot 875.
Length 21 cm, 8¼ in.
来源：Christian Deydier，巴黎，得於1995年
图录
说明：This pair of superbly cast and detailed fittings would once have been fitted to a crossbow or acted or supported a crossbow on a chariot for a high-ranking charioteer. Fittings of this type have been excavated in pairs in association with chariots, but the actual function and placement has been debated amongst scholars with one theory proposing that they were fitted to the front of a crossbow shaft to support a bow with the upcurved terminals acting as the aiming mechanism (Luoyang Museum, 'Luoyang Zhongzhoulu Zhanguo chemakeng [The Chariot Pit Found at Zhongzhou Road, Luoyang]', Kaogu, vol. 3, 1974, p. 177, fig. 7). Another – perhaps more commonly accepted – theory is that the fittings functioned as crossbow supports on a chariot. They were attached horizontally to the front panel of a chariot, adjacent to the occupants. The crossbow would have been placed facing down, with its bow resting on the curved shafts and its handle positioned obliquely upward, ready at hand for a quick draw.
Compare a related fitting with the terminal of the curved shaft similarly rendered in the form of a snake's head, but decorated with silver inlay only, excavated in Luoyang in 1973 and now preserved in the Luoyang Museum, illustrated in Li Xueqin, ed., Zhongguo meishu quanji: Gongyi meishu bian [Complete series on Chinese art: Arts and crafts section], 5: Qingtong qi [Bronzes], vol. 2, Beijing, 1986, pl. 117. Compare also another pair of gold and silver-inlaid bronze fittings sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 25th November 2022, lot 875.
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Christian Deydier，巴黎，得於1995年
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