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A RARE BRONZE ‘TORTOISE’ SEAL A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE BLADE, A VERY LARGE SILVER AND GOLD-
Wu shan taishou seal mark, Northern Wei GE INLAID IRON BELT HOOK
Dynasty Spring and Autumn/Warring States Period Warring States Period or later
The seal heavily cast as a tortoise set on The blade issuing from a vertical hollow shaft, Heavily cast terminating with a beast-head
a square base, incised four-character seal cast behind the blade with a snarling mythical hook, inlaid with gold and silver archaic motifs
mark, 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high; together with a animal above and gripping the back of a and patterns.
rare bronze pendant, circa 6th century AD, crouching bird with large beak and elaborate 33.5cm (13 1/4in) long.
cast as a toad perched on the back of a plumage, with a rounded cutting edge on the
recumbent bixie, 4cm (1 1/2in) long. (2). plain blade, wood stand. £1,500 - 2,000
14.5cm (5 3/4in) long. (2). CNY14,000 - 18,000
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000 £1,500 - 2,500 Please note this Lot is to be sold at
CNY14,000 - 23,000 No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Please note this Lot is to be sold at 戰國或更晚 錯金銀銅帶鉤
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
北魏 銅龜鈕印 及 約六世紀 銅辟邪 各一 See a similar silver and gold-inlaid belt
春秋/戰國 獸紋青銅戈 hook, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by
Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990,
London, 2005, no.9 (tortoise seal) Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, no.123.
London, 2012, no.2.
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展
覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號9（銅龜鈕印） 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展
覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號2

The seal face reads Wu shan taishou or See a similar bronze axe blade, ge, illustrated
‘Governor of Wushan’. The term Taishou was by T.Lawton, The Art of the Warring States
used from the Qin to Sui dynasties to refer Period, Washington, 1982, no.113. Compare
to a Governor, the head of a Commandery. also with a related ceremonial axe blade,
For similar tortoise seals, Northern Wei, ge, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by
see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese
Bronze Seals Throughout the Dynasties in and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pl.83;
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, and another example in the National Palace
pp.294-295, no.215. See another example Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching,
illustrated in the Shanghai Museum: Chinese Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes
Seal Gallery, Shanghai, n.d, p.11. Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.125.

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