PLEASE NOTE HIS LOT IS NOW TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. A PAIR OF CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE 'TIGER AND BOAR' WEIGHTS

PROBABLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

Each depicting a snarling tiger pouncing on a boar on a circular base, their facial features, tiger stripes and hair highlighted in gold and silver inlays, the surface with malachite encrustations, 702g, 6cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey, UK; sold on behalf of Parkinson's UK.

Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, catalogue no.42, British Museum number 1982,0402.1 for a similar bronze weight.