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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE HALBERD BLADE, A BRONZE CROSSBOW MECHANISM A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
GE Han Dynasty Warring States Period
Western Han Dynasty, Dian culture The mechanism with extensive verdigris and The curved, tear-drop form implement finely
The curving blade cast with geometric pattern blue oxidisation. 16cm (6 1/4in) wide inlaid with scrolled and geometric patterned
and swirls leading to a pair of forked wings, silver wire, the reverse with a boss, the
the shaft set with two narrow rectangular slits £500 - 800 terminal end with a small hook possibly
for attachment. 21.7cm (8 5/8in) long CNY4,400 - 7,100 formed as a stylised dragon-head. 22cm (8
HK$5,500 - 8,800 5/8in) long
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000 Provenance £1,000 - 1,500
HK$11,000 - 16,000 The Late Paul Murray Collection CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000
Provenance
The Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in
Hong Kong circa 1980s-1990s

Compare a similar bronze halberd blade,
excavated from Jiangchuan, Yunnan Province,
illustrated in The Complete Works of Yunnan
National Fine Arts. Bronze Arts of the Dian
Kingdom, Kunming, 2000, p.123, no.113.

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