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TWO EARLY BRONZE BLADES
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
TWO EARLY BRONZE BLADES
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
One is an axe, yue, with a very slightly waisted rectangular blade made to look like a simplified face with a cut-out toothed mouth below a circular 'nose' and two hafting slits for eyes in the corners. The plain nei is centered by a small hafting hole. The other is a dagger axe, kui, with a broad tapering blade cast on each side with a leiwen-filled 'blade' and a taotie mask centered by a hole. With two hafting slits at the corners and a hafting hole in the plain nei. Both have extensive malachite encrustation.
6 and 8 3/8 in. (15.3 and 21.2 cm.) long (2)
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
One is an axe, yue, with a very slightly waisted rectangular blade made to look like a simplified face with a cut-out toothed mouth below a circular 'nose' and two hafting slits for eyes in the corners. The plain nei is centered by a small hafting hole. The other is a dagger axe, kui, with a broad tapering blade cast on each side with a leiwen-filled 'blade' and a taotie mask centered by a hole. With two hafting slits at the corners and a hafting hole in the plain nei. Both have extensive malachite encrustation.
6 and 8 3/8 in. (15.3 and 21.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, circa 1998-99.
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