Lot 756
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A RARE BRONZE CEREMONIAL HALBERD BLADE, GE
METALWORK
A RARE BRONZE CEREMONIAL HALBERD BLADE, GE

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A RARE BRONZE CEREMONIAL HALBERD BLADE, GE
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 B.C.)

The blade, cast with an inscription to both sides, the hollow socket cast with a taotie mask above two coiled dragons and a thin border of cowrie shells, supporting the openwork dragon, its head resting on the top of the blade, end to end with a phoenix grasping a snake in its curled beak, the golden patina with green encrustations (minor losses to the extremities)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare a ge from the Stoclet Collection illustrated by Visser in Asiatic Art in Private Collections in Holland and Belgium, pl. 40, no. 49, and another from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull included in the exhibition, "Animal Style" Art from East to West, Asia Society, 1970, Catalogue, no. 65.

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