拍賣筆記 vol.107 卡內基美術館：唐銅鎏金羊生肖立像，44450美元售出 - Carnegie Museum, A Tang Dynasty Gilt-Bronze 'Ram' Zodiac Figure

爭奪激烈，電話拿到nancy，44450美元售出。

這種鎏金銅生肖存世量非常少，這件傳承顯赫來自卡內基博物館的收藏。Eskenazi有一件唐三彩馬首坐像，價格不菲。以圓明園獸首的概念去思考這類高古的生肖雕塑，也許是目前理解雕塑的一個通道。

上手圖：

唐 銅鎏金羊生肖立像

估價

8,000 - 12,000 USD

出處

喬治•哈撒韋•泰貝（1859-1940）收藏，1935年之前，此後家族傳承

贈予卡內基美術館，匹茲堡，1955年（館藏編號55.47.14）

展出

《Far Eastern Art, a Memorial Exhibition from the Collection of George H. Taber》，卡內基美術館，匹茲堡，1958年

PROPERTY FROM CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION FUND

A rare gilt-bronze 'ram' zodiac figure, Tang dynasty

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Description

Height 7⅛ in., 18.2 cm

Provenance

Collection of George Hathaway Taber (1859-1940), prior to 1935, and thence by descent.

Gifted to the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1955 (accession no. 55.47.14).

Exhibited

Far Eastern Art, a Memorial Exhibition from the Collection of George H. Taber, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1958.

Catalogue Note

See a related gilt-bronze 'tiger' zodiac figure from the collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, and later donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold in these rooms, 10th September 2019, lot 64.