A bronze bow with a short handle of xuan type. Han-dynasty - image-1

Lot 337 Dα

A bronze bow with a short handle of xuan type. Han-dynasty

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze bow with a short handle of xuan type. Han-dynasty

With a bulbous body with thin ridges beneath the rim, the handle ending in a dragon's head, three knobs to the base. Restored.
Height ca. 11.3 cm; width 31.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne

Literature

Compare: E. A. Voretzsch, Altchinesische Bronzen, Berlin 1924, Fig. 102