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An inscribed archaic bronze axe; and a bird finial
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Qin culture
The bevelled and pointed blade with three rectangular apertures at
the hu and another at the na, unusually cast with a seven-character
inscription on the curved blade; the other a dagger-axe finial cast as a
recumbent bird with its head turned backwards.
The ge 21.8cm long. (2).
HK$50,000 - 70,000
US$6,500 - 9,000

東周 秦國文化 鳥柲冒銘紋戈

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An archaic bronze ferrule
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Cast above a slightly flared tip with slim waist and upward flaring foot,
the main body decorated with two mythical beasts facing away from
each other, surmounted by a frieze of archaistic and geometric scrolls.
13.8cm high.
HK$20,000 - 40,000
US$2,600 - 5,200

東周 青銅鳥紋鐏

Compare a similar archaic bronze ferrule also dated to the Eastern Zhou
dynasty, illustrated by Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient Chinese
and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.179, no.84.

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