M24

Chinese bronze chariot mounts

A pair of heavy bronze mounts with traces of silvering to the surface, possibly rein guides for a chariot.

These pieces are outside of our area of expertise and so we have made a tentative attempt at the dating and attribution.

China, 1st Millennium AD or earlier

Size: 11 x 8.8 cms each (excluding stands).

Intact as shown

Ex. collection: Jacques Schotte, Belgium, 1928-2007. Dr. Schotte was the co-founder of the Belgian School of Psychoanalysis.

Mounted on individual custom-made bronze display stands.