Lot 2754
2754
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE
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AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE

LATE SPRING AND AUTUM PERIOD-EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, circa 570-400 BC

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AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE
LATE SPRING AND AUTUM PERIOD-EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, circa 570-400 BC
The jade ge carved with two median ridges and bevelled edges, the tang decorated with serpent-like juvenile dragons, hui and the decoration continues to the openwork bronze nei. The bronze haft is delicately cast with a crouching mythical beast lying on top of the phoenix’ head, connected with hilt decorated with taotie mask.
5 5⁄16 in. (13.5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1997

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Lot Essay

The jade yuan only inserted less than 0.5 cm. into the bronze nei, together with the delicacy of the craftsmanship indicates this current piece is for ceremonial use.

Jade inset bronze ge-halberd blades were popular during the Shang Dynasty but rarely seen during the Spring and Autumn period. The decorative motifs, such as the hui dragons and the phoenix used on the bronze haft is similar to the bronze moulds excavated from the Eastern Zhou Jin Kingdom site, Niu Village, Xintian County, Houma City, Shanxi Province, illustrated in Houma zhutong yizhi, 1993, Beijing, p. 245, pl.2 and p. 248, pl. 1 (fig. 1).

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