A BRONZE CEREMONIAL FINIAL

EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE CEREMONIAL FINIAL
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC
The oval tubular fitting surmounted by a crouching dragon from which extends a rounded rectangular blade cast with diagonally arranged scrolls
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long

來源

Acquired in Hong Kong, May 1989.

展覽

Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 83.
The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 48.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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拍品專文

As the thick blade has no cutting edge, it is probable that this piece was made as a finial to a staff.
A bronze finial of this type, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C., Chinese Art Society of America, New York, 1962, no. 27. Other related examples, excavated from tombs of the Jin state, are illustrated in Wenwu 1989:6, pp. 1-21, fig. 16.2 and Wenwu 1989:9, pp. 59-86, fig. 31.