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103 A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE CEREMONIAL HALBERD BLADE (GE)
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD
東周 春秋 青銅遊獸擒鳥紋戈
well cast with the gently curved yuan extending to the nei in the form of a ferocious mythical feline with mouth agape revealing
sharp fangs, its sinuous scaly body terminating in muscular limbs and sharp claws, grasping a bird facing in the opposite
direction detailed with large rounded eyes and hooked beak, all above the qiong pierced with a small circular chuan below a
band of intertwined waves against a stippled ground, the surface patinated with patches of malachite encrustation
Width 6¾ in., 17 cm
$ 20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, acquired 弗蘭克•卡羅（盧芹齋繼任人），紐約，得於1954年之前
prior to 1954. 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
展覽
EXHIBITED 《Mostra d’arte cinese》，威尼斯，1954年，編號102
Mostra d’arte cinese [Exhibition of Chinese art], Venice,
1954, cat. no. 102.
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