ID 905587
Lot 803 | A VERY RARE GOLD-INLAID ARCHAIC BRONZE DAGGER-AXE, JI
Valeur estimée
$ 30 000 – 40 000
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.
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Dynastie Zhou (1100-256 av. J.-C.) |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Bronce |
| Époque historique: | Dynastie Zhou (1100-256 av. J.-C.) |
| Lieu d'origine: | Chine, Asie de l'Est, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tous les autres types d'objets |
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