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AN EXCEPTIONAL BRONZE FIGURE OF A TORTOISE, DONG SON CULTURE
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Northern Vietnam, 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. Boldly cast, the oval body raised off the ground and supported by strong limbs, the carapace finely incised with numerous spiral and geometric designs characteristic of the Dong Son culture, centered by a circular aperture to the top, the head gently raised and detailed with similarly stylized eyes and snout.Provenance: From the private collection of Darwin Freeman, collected between 1968-1971, and thence by descent within the same family. Born 1946 in Idaho, USA, Darwin Freeman was a member of the armed forces and later became an avid collector. He met his wife in the mid-1960s, and the pair later relocated to her hometown of Innsbruck, Austria. In 1967, Freeman was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and Thailand. While he was stationed at the Embassy in Bangkok, between 1969 and 1971, he actively began engaging in the exploration and collection of ancient bronzes and other works of art. Upon completing his duty, Freeman arranged for his collection to be shipped to Austria, where it remained in storage until this day.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities. Nicks, scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, small losses, and encrustations. The bronze covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite and spots of azurite encrustations.Weight: 553.9 g Dimensions: Length 16 cm Dong Son (named for a village in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam) was a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam centered at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam from 1000 BC until the first century AD. Vietnamese historians attribute it to the states of V?n Lang and ?u L?c. Its influence spread to other parts of Southeast Asia, including Maritime Southeast Asia, throughout the first millennium BC. The culture long remained a mystery to Western archaeologists, and it was known only through its bronze objects, many of which were taken from burial sites. Dong Son bronze objects were exhibited in Europe for a century before their original location was even determined, and several theories and speculations over the dating methodologies of the culture continue to this day.Literature comparison: Compare a related elephant-shaped vessel with similar spiral designs and circular aperture, 16 cm long, dated 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD, in the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore, accession number 2007-56439.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 13 December 2023, lot 299 Price: EUR 3,900 or approx. EUR 4,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare bronze horse-form vessel, Dong Son culture Expert remark: Compare the closely related spiral decorations and similar size (13.2 cm).

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