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PROPERTY FROM THE MICHAEL MICHAELS (1907-1986)
COLLECTION OF EARLY CHINESE ART (LOTS 71-74)
71
A BRONZE HALBERD BLADE, GE, AND A BRONZE RITUAL
BLADE 商 青銅戈及青銅刀
SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)
來源:
The tapered halberd blade is crisply cast on each side with a stylised scroll
design, and the nei is pierced with a single hafting hole. The knife is cast with 英國藏家邁克爾·麥克（Michael Michaels）(1907-1986)舊
a slightly tapered blade and a kidney-shaped ring handle. The surface of both
blades have a pale green patina with malachite encrustations. 藏, 家傳至今
The ge, 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long 青銅戈:倫敦蘇富比1965年10月19日,拍品38;倫敦蘇富比
The ritual blade 9⅞ in. (25.1 cm.) long (2)
1972年11月14日, 拍品224
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,800-9,300 青銅刀:倫敦蘇富比1979年4月3日,拍品41
PROVENANCE:
The halberd blade:
Sotheby's London, 19 October 1965, lot 38.
Sotheby's London, 14 November 1972, lot 224.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within
the family.
The ritual blade:
Sotheby's London, 3 April 1979, lot 41.
The Collection of Michael Michaels (1907-1986), and thence by descent within
the family.
See a ge-halberd blade with similarly shaped and decorated butt from the
Harris Collection of important early Chinese art, sold at Christie's New York,
16 March 2017, lot 809.
Another example is in the Museum van Aziatische Kunst, Amsterdam,
illustrated by C. Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, Paris, 1980, p. 231, no. 99.

Charlotte and Michael Michaels

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