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AN UNUSUAL ARCHAIC BRONZE
HOOKED HALBERD OR FINIAL
Zhou Dynasty
The flat cast crest-form object rising from
a triangular pierced and hollow socket for
fastening and fashioned with five pointed
blades, the central two in form of addorsed
hooks, the surfaced covered with a green
malachite and cuprite patina.
15in (38 cm) high

$15,000 - 25,000
周 青銅鉞

Provenance
Christie’s, New York, March 18, 2009, lot 224
Arthur M. Sackler Collection, New York,
acquired prior to 1978

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