PAIRE DE PLAQUES EN BRONZE ARCHAÏQUE À DÉCOR AJOURÉ D'AIGLE, TIGRE ET BÉLIEROrdos, vers IIe-Ier siècle av. J.-C. A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE OPENWORK 'EAGLE, TIGER AND RAM' PLAQUES Ordos, circa 2nd-1st century BC Each cast with reticulated designs of a raptor and a tiger attacking a ram, the bird vividly portrayed wildly flapping its wings and tail, the tiger biting the neck of the ram and fitted with two small hoops for suspension on its back. 12.3cm (4 7/8in) wide x 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. (2). Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981) Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) pare with a related pair of Ordos bronze buckle plaques, 2nd half of the 1st century BC, illustrated by P.Pelliot, 'Quelques réflexions sur l'art sibérien et l'art chinois, à propos de bronzes de la collection David-Weill' in Documents , vol.1, 1 April 1929, p.13, and later sold at Sotheby's New York, 7 June 2007, lot 89. See also a related Ordos bronze animal belt plaque, 4th century BC, which was sold at London, 5 July 2018, lot 161. See also a related bronze plaque, Ordos, 2nd century BC, with a raptor attacking a goat, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (acc.no.2002.201.126). 鄂爾多斯 公元前二至一世紀 青銅鏤空動物紋飾牌一對 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏