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A GILT-BRONZE ‘HARE’ MINIATURE BOX AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY
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06月27日 下午5点 开拍
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A GILT-BRONZE ‘HARE’ MINIATURE BOX AND COVER, TANG DYNASTY

China, 618-907. Both sides of the convex box are chased with a plump recumbent hare enclosed by leafy foliate scroll, the animal’s fur finely incised. All against a ring-punched ground extending to the upright sides.

Provenance: From the private collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, New York. Alan Hartman (1930-2023) was an influential American art dealer, who took over his parents’ antique business in Manhattan and established the legendary Rare Art Gallery on Madison Avenue, with further locations in Dallas and Palm Beach. His wife Simone (née Horowitz) already served as assistant manager of the New York gallery before the couple married in 1975, and together they built a renowned collection for over half a century and became noted art patrons, enriching the collections of important museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (which opened the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in 2013) as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York. Alan Hartman has been described as the greatest antiques dealer of our generation, and was widely recognized as a world authority in Chinese jade, bronzes, and Asian works of art.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, manufacturing irregularities, tiny nicks, minute dents, few minuscule losses and some corrosion. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown patina with scattered malachite and cuprite encrustations.

Weight: 7.2 g
Dimensions: Length 3.1 cm

A hare or rabbit has long been a very popular animal in Chinese art; it has a special importance as a Daoist symbol associated with immortality and hence longevity. According to Daoist legend, a moon hare (yuetu) lives on the moon together with the Goddess of the Moon, Chang’e, with a mortar and jade pestle, see a bronze mirror depicting this subject, dated to the 8th century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 52.11.11. The rabbit carries further meaning as one of the twelve zodiac animals, which by the Tang dynasty had become popular tomb offerings considered symbols of regeneration and protection from evil influences.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 2023, lot 675
Price: USD 10,160 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-silver box and cover, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form, decoration, and gilding. Note the size (6.8 cm).

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拍品估价:700 - 1,400 欧元 起拍价格:700 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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