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LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A RARE BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The tapering blade cast in relief on each side with a double median ridge issuing from a taotie mask cast in high relief which has a pair of bottle horns flanking a cicada that project away from the surface of the blade, the tang pierced with a hole below a taotie mask cast in intaglio on the flared hilt, the mottled grey and milky green patina with some malachite and ferrous encrustation and traces of cinnabar
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The tapering blade cast in relief on each side with a double median ridge issuing from a taotie mask cast in high relief which has a pair of bottle horns flanking a cicada that project away from the surface of the blade, the tang pierced with a hole below a taotie mask cast in intaglio on the flared hilt, the mottled grey and milky green patina with some malachite and ferrous encrustation and traces of cinnabar
9½ in. (24.2 cm.) long
Provenance
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1971.
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