27 - CHINESE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TORTOISE WEIGHT

CHINESE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TORTOISE WEIGHT 17TH/18TH CENTURY 十七至十八世紀 仿古銅鑄錯金銀龜形紙鎮solid cast standing on squat legs, the protruding head and neck decorated in gold and silver with scrolls, the carapace inlaid with a fine diamond grid pattern of silver inlay, within a narrow outer border, the claws also inlaid 10cm wide; 373.2g Tortoise-form weights of this form appears to be quite rare with prototype dated to the late Warring States period to early Western Han dynasty, such as two sold at Christie's New York, 30 Mar 2005, lot 236 and 16 Sep 2010, lot 907. An archaistic gold and silver-inlaid bronze tortoise-form box and jade cover, dated to the Song dynasty, was exhibited at the National Museum, Stockholm and sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2024, lot 296. Another comparable archaistic gilt-bronze silver-inlaid tortoise-form water pot, dated to the 17th/18th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 27 Jul 2016, lot 266.此種形制的龜形鎮相當罕見，其原型可追溯至戰國晚期至西漢早期，例如2005年3月30日在紐約佳士得的拍品236，以及2010年9月16日的拍品907。一件仿古金銀錯青銅龜形盒連玉蓋，定年為宋代，曾於斯德哥爾摩國立博物館展出，並於2024年3月20日在紐約蘇富比拍出，拍品296。另一件可比較的仿古鎏金銅錯銀龜形水盂，定年為17至18世紀，2016年7月27日在紐約佳士得，拍品266。