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464 戈呈長胡式，前鋒孤尖，三長條形穿，上援末一穿，配雲形柲冒。橢圓
A bronze ge on lacquered wood 形銎的鐏分為兩部份，上部份為鳥形，凸眼抅喙，羽翼豐滿，下半部份
成多透修窄。兩者皆配原紅漆木柲。
Eastern Zhou dynasty
鐏是戈柲杆末端之配件，因柲杆是木製的，容易風化，故戈及鐏難
The curved blade with four piercings ending in a pointed tip on one side, 以一同保存，如本拍品能保留完好一套的戈及鐏實屬難得。與本鐏造
型相近的出土例子，可參考《文物》，1977年，3月，頁36-54，圖版
the other side with a rectangular flange, fastened on the wooden pole 22。另一件造型相近的鐏私人例子，可參考Jessica Rawson 及 Emma
Bunker著，《Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes》，香港，1990，
surmounted by a finial; the lower pole ending in a sturdy octagonal spike 頁180-181，編號87。

extending from an elaborate archaistic mythical beast; the wooden pole

lacquered red.
Longest: 27.2cm high. (2).
HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

Lacquered woods are generally not resistant to weathering and therefore
it is rare to find parts of the pole arm remaining, even more rare that
they retain original red lacquering.

For an excavated example, see Archaeology, March 1977, pp.37-54,
no.22. Compare also another example of a similar elongated ferrule,
illustrated by Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient Chinese and
Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.181, no.87.

東周 銅戈、紅漆木柲及鳥紋鐏

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