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Two archaic bronze daggers

Western Han dynasty, Qiang culture

The first a pointed blade emerging from a prominent waisted guard with

protruding tips and raised ridges, ending in a studded grip and conical

weighted pommel; the second similar with a stone-inlaid guard with gilt

decoration.
The larger 32.8cm long. (2).
HK$50,000 - 80,000
US$6,500 - 10,000

西漢 羌文化 青銅劍及嵌幾何式劍首

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An archaic bronze ‘zoomorphic’ short sword

Western Han Dynasty, Dian culture

The blade narrowing sharply to a pointed tip with swirling motif near the

guard, extending from a conical hilt decorated with two more tiers of

zoomorphic figures.
33.9cm long.
HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

西漢 滇文化 獵頭紋短銅劍

Compare a Dian culture short sword with similar ritualistic connotations
and zoomorphic figures, excavated at Jiangchuan, Yunnan province,
illustrated in The Complete Works of Yunnan National Fine Arts. Bronze
Arts of the Dian Kingdom, Kunming, 2000, p.100, no.75-2 & 75-2.
See also another excavated example with similar decorations at the hilt,
unearthed in Jiangchuan, Yunnan province in 1972, in Yunnan Provincial
Museum, Yunnan Province, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji
14. Dian Kunming, Beijing, 1996, pp.74-75, no.81-83.

劍身狹長，近格處甚寬，平格，上排列著渦紋。劍首呈鼓形，柄上飾浮
雕二人像，兩者皆巨目、長齒、長髮，面目奇特，上面一人雙手高舉，
雙腳屈曲呈跳躍狀。

江川李家山出土獵頭紋銅劍的柄手也飾以獵頭紋，尤由出土物劍身上之
跳躍狀人物，與本拍品劍柄上之人物，動態十分一致，根據此書之說
法，似表現出巫師之祭祀活動。見張增祺主編，《滇國青銅藝術》，
昆明市，雲南人民出版社，雲南美術出版社，2000，頁100，圖版75-
1&75-2。

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