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Two bronze three-pronged objects Two sets of large unornamented three-pronged
bronze objects were unearthed from the royal
Height 119 (467s), width 74 (29 Vs)
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Zhongshan tombs. Those exhibited belong to a set
Middle Warring States Period,
of five from one of two horse-and-chariot pits at
late fourth century BCE
the tomb of King Cuo. Unlike the specimens from
From Tomb i at Sanji, Pingshan, Hebei Province
Tomb 6 (at the eastern necropolis inside Lingshou),
Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Institute, whose hollow stems were cast separately from the
Shijiazhuang flat portions, those from Tomb i were each cast as
one piece. The stems contain wood remains of up
to 48 centimeters in length, indicating that these
objects were mounted on poles, presumably for dis-
play; enigmatic symbols on the stems may indicate
their placement. Two of the five specimens are
inscribed, but these inscriptions merely give the

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