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Lot Essay
As the thick blade has no cutting edge, it is probable that this piece was made as a finial to a staff.
A bronze finial of this type, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C., Chinese Art Society of America, New York, 1962, no. 27. Other related examples, excavated from tombs of the Jin state, are illustrated in Wenwu 1989:6, pp. 1-21, fig. 16.2 and Wenwu 1989:9, pp. 59-86, fig. 31.
A bronze finial of this type, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C., Chinese Art Society of America, New York, 1962, no. 27. Other related examples, excavated from tombs of the Jin state, are illustrated in Wenwu 1989:6, pp. 1-21, fig. 16.2 and Wenwu 1989:9, pp. 59-86, fig. 31.