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                                    THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTOR
                            
                            A RARE BRONZE WEAPON
                            LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
细节
                                        
                                            A RARE BRONZE WEAPON
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The heavily cast weapon has a solid, bulbous lower section and is cast at the top on both sides with three blades pendent from a band of leiwen. The small tang (nei) is pierced with a rectangular aperture. The bronze has a silvery-grey patina with heavy malachite encrustation.
5 3/8 (13.8 cm.) long
                                        
                                    LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The heavily cast weapon has a solid, bulbous lower section and is cast at the top on both sides with three blades pendent from a band of leiwen. The small tang (nei) is pierced with a rectangular aperture. The bronze has a silvery-grey patina with heavy malachite encrustation.
5 3/8 (13.8 cm.) long
来源
                                        
                                            Acquired in Hong Kong before 1990.
                                        
                                    出版
                                        
                                            J. Rawson and E. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 156-57, no. 56.
                                        
                                    展览
                                        
                                            Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 December 1990.