An inscribed bronze ram-form lamp, Song - Qing dynasty | 宋至清 青銅臥羊形燈
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March 22, 07:08 PM GMT
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An inscribed bronze ram-form lamp
Song - Qing dynasty
宋至清 銅臥羊形燈
the base inscribed with a fourteen-character inscription in two different seal scripts reading Jianchu liunian wuyue zao zizi sunsun yongbaoyong, translating to 'made in the 5th month of Jianchu 6th year (corresponding to 81 AD), to be treasured and for the eternal use of the sons and grandsons', wood stand (2)
銘文：
建初六年五月造 子子孫孫永寶用
Length 6¼ in., 16 cm
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. H.2.22.
吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，編號H.2.22
Compare a related bronze animal-form vessel of a similar style from the Song dynasty, inscribed to the underside with a six-character inscription in seal script, excavated in Huzhou city, Zhejiang province, now preserved in the collection of Huzhou City Museum, included in the exhibition Dynastic Renaissance. Art and Culture of the Southern Song, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2010, cat. no. I-10.
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