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An archaic bronze ge
551 Western Han dynasty, Dian culture
354 | Bonhams The beak-shaped blade slightly tilted on one side, with a prominent
central ridge ending in a pierced hole at the centre, the guard with two
rectangular apertures at the hu, the na with another triangular piercing
ending in archaistic motif and two birds confronting each other.
28.8cm long.
HK$30,000 - 50,000
US$3,900 - 6,500

西漢 滇文化 曲刃人形紋銅戈

See a comparable example excavated from Jiangchuan, Yunnan
province, illustrated by Jessica Rawson, The Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan,
Beijing, 1983, p.123, no.124. See also another exampleexcavated in
1987 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, which is heavily influenced by
south-western Dian and Bashu bronze cultures, illustrated in Zhongguo
Qingtongqi Quanji 14. Dian Kunming, Beijing, 1996, p.120, no.132.

551
An archaic bronze dagger axe, ge
Western Han dynasty, Dian culture
The elongated beak-shaped blade with a raised ridge ending in a pointed
tip, the centre of the blade with a pierced circular hole with associated
encircling geometric design, issuing from a double-rectangular pierced
hu and a archaistic-decorated rectangular na.
29.6cm long.
HK$20,000 - 40,000
US$2,600 - 5,200

西漢 滇文化 曲刃人形紋銅戈