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Two archaic bronze dagger axes
498 Eastern Zhou dynasty, Chu culture
322 | Bonhams The wide curved blade with a yue shape repeated on the blade face,
with five piercings at the hu, issuing a pair of na each with a rectangular
cartouche of classic scrolls; the other of a more familiarised ge form with
extended hu and pierced na.
The larger 21.8cm high. (2).
HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000

東周 楚文化 青銅戈及納

Compare an similar but earlier excavated example in almost identical
form but dated to the early Shang dynasty, unearthed in Anyang, Henan
province in 1970, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 3. Shang 3,
Beijing, 1997, p.202, no.201.

498
An archaic bronze short sword
Early Eastern Zhou dynasty, Bashu culture
The elongated arrow-head shape ending at a pointed tip, the hilt with
geometric patterns; the scabbard thinly cast to fit the weapon, the
exterior with a main frieze featuring two entwined serpents flanked by
three pair of wings, the rear with four pairs of loops for securing the
bindings.
The sword 30.9cm long. (2).
HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000

東周早期 巴蜀文化 青銅單削劍