Circa 202 BC-220 AD, Western Han Dynasty An exceptionally rare pair of bronze lamps in the form of two deers, with their bodies crouching, their hooves well defined,their heads showing their ears and antellers pointing out whilst balancing a lamp pole upon their mouths. The poles lead to a conical shaped setting for attachment of lamp. For similar see: New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 200)," April 3, 2017–July 16, 2017. Size: Set of 2: L:288mm / W:185mm; 3kg Provenance: Private collection of a London doctor; formerly in a Somerset Estate collection; acquired from Hong Kong galleries in the early 1990s.