NORTHWEST CHINA, 7TH-6TH CENTURY BC

Compare the similar dagger in the Idemitsu Art Museum dated to the Spring and Autumn period, included in the exhibition, Mounted Nomads of Asian Steppes - Chinese Northern Bronzes, Equine Cultural Affairs Foundation of Japan and Tokyo National Museum, 1997, no. 78. See, also, the similar dagger illustrated by A. Salmony, Sino-Siberian Art in the Collection of C. T. Loo, Paris, 1933, pl. XXXIX (6). In Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier, the authors, J. So and E. Bunker, describe how the dagger in the Harris Collection was cast in one piece using a two-part mold, and mention a similar dagger dated to the 7th BC having been found at Baqitun, Fengxiang Xian, Shaanxi province.