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12 IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALBERT Y.P. AND SARA K.S. LEE

THE YA YI GE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
inscribed to the nei in turquoise inlay with a two-characters clan sign reading Ya Yi
商末 亞疑戈
銘文：
亞疑

Length 9 in., 22.7 cm
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Christian Humann (1929-1981), the Pan- Christian Humann (1929-1981) 收藏 (泛亞收藏)
Asian Collection. 紐約佳士得1982年6月23、24及28日，編號387
Christie’s New York, 23rd, 24th, and 28th June 1982,
lot 387.

LITERATURE 出版
Y.P. Lee, Important Inscribed Ancient Chinese Bronze 李爾白，《李蔭軒所藏中國青銅器》，卷2，上海，1996
Vessels from the Li Yingshuan Collection in the Shanghai 年，編號38
Museum, vol. II, Shanghai, 1996, cat. no. 38.

13 IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALBERT Y.P. AND SARA K.S. LEE

A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE ‘SERPENT’ DAGGER AXE (GE)
SHANG DYNASTY
商 青銅蛇紋曲內戈
Length 10¾ in., 27.4 cm

⊖ $ 10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Sotheby’s London, 11th December 1984, lot 33. 倫敦蘇富比1984年12月11日，編號33

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