7 cm.（2 3/4 in.）wide

The present bronze weight belongs to a number of bronzes cast in the form of bixie that can be attributed to the Han dynasty. Compare with a mat weight in the Arthur
M. Sackler Museum，illustrated by Michelle C. Wang in A Bronze Menagerie：Mat Weights of Early China，Boston，2006，p. 107，no. 11. Compare，also，a bronze waterdropper cast in the shape of a bixie in the Qing court Collection，Illustrated in Bronzeware from the Shang to Jin Dynasties，Hong Kong，2015，p. 259，no. 175. The present weight，however，is particularly striking for its close resemblance to three-dimensional jade carvings of bixie produced during the Han dynasty. The casting of the bixie in the present example exudes the same power and ferociousness of the beast found in contemporaneous jade examples.

Provenance：
An English Private Collection，acquired prior to 2000

Price estimate:
HKD：120,000-180,000
USD：15,500-23,200

Auction Result:
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