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NORTHWEST CHINA, 7TH-6TH CENTURY BC
Details
A TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE DAGGER
NORTHWEST CHINA, 7TH-6TH CENTURY BC
The dagger has a tapering rhombic blade and a plain, faceted hilt with a turquoise-inlaid taotie mask guard at one end and a scrolled, openwork pommel at the other end.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) long
NORTHWEST CHINA, 7TH-6TH CENTURY BC
The dagger has a tapering rhombic blade and a plain, faceted hilt with a turquoise-inlaid taotie mask guard at one end and a scrolled, openwork pommel at the other end.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) long
Provenance
Joseph G. Gerena, New York, 1993.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
Literature
J. F. So and E. C. Bunker, Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, Washington D.C., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1995, p. 127, no. 44.