A SET OF TEN GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ HORSE-TACK ORNAMENTS, MING OR EARLIER China, 1368-1644 or earlier. Finely punched, incised and pierced in the form of leonine mythical beast masks with fierce expressions marked by bulging eyes, flared nostrils, and scrolling manes, some with inlaid movable parts, such as eyebrows and tongues – and one with a sword in its mouth – in gilt copper repoussé.

Provenance: Collection of Sidney Ogden-Smith, thence by descent within the same family to the present owner. Sidney Ogden-Smith (d. 1952) was a British army officer, serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War, Chief Provost in North Africa, the Middle East, Port Said in Egypt, and Cyprus, and as one of Britain’s last mandate army officers in Palestine, also working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Jerusalem before settling in Beirut, Lebanon.
Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, minor dents and nicks, minuscule losses, warping.

Weight: 45.8 g
Dimensions: Diameter 3.8 cm (the largest) and 3 cm (the smallest) 明代或更早一組十件鎏金銀锤揲馬釘飾物
中國，1368-1644 年或更早。製作異常精美，采取銅鎏金锤揲技術，獅子神獸面具表情兇猛，大眼凸出，鼻孔張開，鬃毛捲曲；有的局部可活動，如眉毛和舌頭；還有一個嘴裡叼著劍。

來源：Sidney Ogden-Smith 收藏，保存在同一家族直至現任擁有者。Sidney Ogden-Smith （卒於 1952 年）是一名英國軍官，二戰期間擔任皇家信號兵團少尉以及北非、中東、埃及塞得港和塞浦路斯的首席教務長。作為英國在巴勒斯坦的最後一名授權軍官之一，在定居黎巴嫩貝魯特之前，他還在耶路撒冷的聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處工作。
品相：狀況極佳，與年齡相仿。 磨損、輕微凹痕和刻痕、微小缺損、翹曲。

重量：45.8 克
尺寸：最大的直徑 3.8 厘米，最小的3 厘米