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SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE-HEAD
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
The narrow blade with slightly flared sides and curved cutting edge, each side of the terminal cast in thread-relief with a large taotie mask below a smaller one, with pale milky-green patina all over
8½ in. (21.7 cm.) long, metal stand
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
The narrow blade with slightly flared sides and curved cutting edge, each side of the terminal cast in thread-relief with a large taotie mask below a smaller one, with pale milky-green patina all over
8½ in. (21.7 cm.) long, metal stand
Provenance
Christie's New York, 18 march 2009, lot 231 (part) J.T. Tai & Co, New York, 1972
Literature
R.W.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987, pp.74-5, figs. 32 and 34.
Présenté par
Louise Britain
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