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A VERY RARE GOLD-INLAID ARCHAIC BRONZE DAGGER-AXE, JI

Lot 803
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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Lot 803 | A VERY RARE GOLD-INLAID ARCHAIC BRONZE DAGGER-AXE, JI
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 40 000
A VERY RARE GOLD-INLAID ARCHAIC BRONZE DAGGER-AXE, JI

EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY BC

The slender blade is pierced with four rectangular apertures and is finely inlaid in gold in bird script on one side with three characters running horizontally along the upper edge of the blade and three further characters running vertically along the hu. The nei is cast on both sides with twin hooked scroll motifs within double line borders.

10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) long, metal stand, Japanese double wood box





Provenance

Private collection, Japan.

Kochukyo, Tokyo, by 1995.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4081.



Literature

Zhang Guangyu and Cao Jinyan (eds.), Dongzhou niaozhuan wenzi bian (Index of Eastern Zhou Bird-Script), Taipei, 1994, p. 33, no. 122.

Liu Binhui and Liu Changwu, Chu xi jinwen huibian (Compendium of Bronze Inscriptions of the Chu Culture), Wuhan, 2009, p. 23, no. 94 and p. 383, pl. 94.

J. J. Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, New York, 2011, no. 24.

Wu Zhenfeng (ed.), Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (Compilation of Bronze Inscriptions and Imageries from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), vol. 31, Weapons: ge, ji, Shanghai, 2012, pp. 341-342, no. 16848.

Cao Jinyan (Ed.), Niao chong shu tongkao (Comprehensive Study of Bird-Worm Script), Shanghai, 2014, p. 397, no. 42 and p. 399, pl. 319.



Exhibited

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, 19 March-9 April 2011.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Historical era:Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC)
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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