A RARE BRONZE WEAPON
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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
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.

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