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A PAIR OF BRONZE ROPE-TWIST ‘ELEPHANT’ BANGLES, DONG SON CULTURE
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天18小时
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A PAIR OF BRONZE ROPE-TWIST ‘ELEPHANT’ BANGLES, DONG SON CULTURE

Northern Vietnam, 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. Each bangle is intricately cast as four strands loosely twisted together to form a cuff form bangle terminating in an elephant form applique on one end and a spiral medallion on the other, characteristic of the Dong Son culture. (2)

Provenance: Collection of a former director of the Vietnam National Museum of History. The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum, acquired in 1976. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, casting irregularities, small nicks, some rubbing, soil deposits, encrustations, and signs of weathering and erosion.

Weight: 82.1 g and 72.7 g
Dimensions: Length 7.5 cm

Elephant imagery is exceptionally rare in Dong Son art, when depicted, the elephant evoked strength, leadership, and martial prowess—qualities central to Dong Son elite identity. Its significance resonates with later Vietnamese tradition, most notably the heroic Trung Sisters, who famously rode elephants into battle during their rebellion against Chinese rule in the early 1st century.

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, 16 cm long, dated 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD, in the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore, accession number 2007-56439.

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