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Two archaic bronze hooks

Han dynasty
Each cast in the form of a taotie mask with two circular loops at the rear,

the finial pierced, with bulging eyes, pronounced nostrils, a raised pair of

horns and surmounted by a hairy mane.
5.6cm wide. (2).
HK$10,000 - 15,000
US$1,300 - 1,900

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An archaic bronze axe-head, yue
Western Han dynasty, Dian culture
Cast with a crescent-shaped blade, inward curved at the waist ending in
a hollow conical shaft, one side decorated with raised bosses featuring
geometric patterns.
6.5cm wide.
HK$10,000 - 20,000
US$1,300 - 2,600

西漢 巴蜀文化 青銅鉞

See similar excavated examples of curved-blade axe-heads, all unearthed
in Yunnan Province, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 14. Dian
Kunming, Beijing, 1996, pp.104-106, no.117-121.

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