California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 22, 2019  June 22, 2019

 Lot # 6773 
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING PIG    漢 青銅豬


  • Dimension: Height: 6 1/2 in (16.5 cm) Length: 12 1/4 in (31.1 cm) Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
  • Estimate From: $15000
  • Estimate To: $30000

Naturalistically modelled as a pig standing four-square without a base, the head facing forward with large snout, the floppy ears slightly lifted, the bronze covered with green malachite encrustation. Han Dynasty period or later.


Provenance: Property from a private collection, Toronto, Canada
此青銅豬造型碩壯,四足平踏,腦袋較大,吻部突出,臀部略小翹,雙耳斜聳,背脊有鬢,尾下卷。其形象兇猛拙樸,面部逼真,神態炯炯有神。 來源: 加拿大多倫多私人藏家收藏