Live Auction 19039Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II
A GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR MAT WEIGHT
Lot 888

A GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR MAT WEIGHT

CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - AD 220)

Closed24 September 2020

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A GILT-BRONZE CIRCULAR MAT WEIGHT
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - AD 220)
Heavily cast as a coiled feline resting its head on its paws
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diam., softwood stand

The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1970.

Specialist note


A similar pair of gilt-bronze mat weights cast as coiled felines, dated to the Han dynasty, but smaller in size (6 cm. diam.), was sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 2018, lot 914.