Separate Realities

Bronze Snake-decorated Finials
蛇紋銅錯• 二件

Finial with antlers:
Length: 12.7. cm. (5 in.);
Width: 16.0 cm. (6 1/4 in.);
Height: 8.8 cm. (3 1/2 in.)

Fitting without antlers:
Length: 12.7 cm. (5 in.);
Width: 7.0 cm. (2 3/4 in.);
Height: 35.0 cm. (13.8 in.)

Eastern Zhou, Warring States period
5th century BCE

A Pair of Snake-decorated Bronze Axle-caps with Lynchpins
青銅蛇飾車軎 一對

Lengths: 8.0 cm. (3 3/4 in.)
Diameters: 9.2 cm. (3 5/8 in.)

Eastern Zhou, Warring States period
5th-4th century BCE

A Pair of Silver-Inlaid Bronze Chariot Fittings
銅錯=銀車馬飾一對

Lengths: 6.7 cm. (2 5/8 in.)
Heights: 4.4 cm. (1 3/4 in.)

Eastern Zhou, Warring States period
4th-3rd century BCE

Box inscription:
戦国銀象嵌飾金具
“The Warring States, silver-inlay decoration metal fitting.”

A Bronze Garlic-head Bottle, Suantouping
銅蒜頭平

Height: 34.0 cm. (13 1/8 in.)
Diameter: 18.9 cm. (7 3/8 in.)

Late Eastern Zhou-early Western Han dynasty,
4th-3rd century BCE

Box inscription:
漢青銅柑子口花生
“Han Dynasty, bronze, orange-mouth, flower vase.”

A Four-eared Yue Celadon Jar
越窯青瓷四耳盂

Height: 24.2 cm. (9 3/8 in.)
Diameter: 32.1 cm. (12 5/8 in.)

Western Jin dynasty
4th century

Box inscription:
古越瓷四耳壺
“Old Yue-ware Four-earred Jar”

Unusual White Stoneware Jar
稀白瓷罐

Height: 36.5 cm. (14 3/8 in.)
Diameter: 29.0 cm. (11 3/8 in.)

Tang dynasty
8th century

A Pair of Painted
Earthenware Warriors with Shields
加彩陶楯持武人俑一對

Heights: 20.1 cm. (8 in.)

Northern Wei dynasty
Late 5th-early 6th century

Box inscriptions:
1. 支那　魏時代盾持武人 一對
“China: Wei dynasty soldiers holding shields: a pair”

2. 大正四年十二月於東京 需之 丹波恒夫
“In December of the 4th year of Taishō period (1915) I bought these in Tokyo. Tanba Tsuneo.” Tanba Tsuneo (1881-1971) is known for his Ukiyo-e print collection which is now in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum. He was also an author who wrote about his collecting passion, including a book on Hiroshige.

Pair of Painted
Earthenware Zhenmushou Tomb Guardians
彩繪鎭墓獸陶像一對

Heights: 62.9 cm. (24 3/4 in.)
& 59.5 cm. (23 3/8 in.)

Tang dynasty
8th century