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A BRONZE 'IBEX' FINIAL Ordos, 6th-4th century BC image 1
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Lot 657*

A BRONZE 'IBEX' FINIAL
Ordos, 6th-4th century BC

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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A BRONZE 'IBEX' FINIAL

Ordos, 6th-4th century BC
Crisply cast in mid-gallop, the upright head issuing large curling horns beside cocked pricked ears, the body pierced, supported on a rectangular finial, the bronze of copper-green patina. 21cm (8 1/4in) high.

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公元前六至四世紀 盤羊桿頭飾

Provenance: Kuizenga collection, The Netherlands, acquired on 20 August 2008

Artefacts such as the present lot, created by nomadic tribes during the first millennium BC, often adorned chariots and personal items, with pole caps or finials serving both decorative and functional roles. See a related pole cap with antelope, 6th/4th century BC, in The Art Institute Chicago (acc.no.1937.328). Another related pair of ibex, 6th/4th century BC, is in the same collection (acc.no.1937.326). A more ornate pair of fittings with deer atop rectangular sockets, 5th century BC, is also illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.352, no.230.

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