A jade ge and archaic bronze haft Shang dynasty | 商 青銅柄玉戈
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Description
A jade ge and archaic bronze haft
Shang dynasty
商 青銅柄玉戈
the mottled jade blade worked with bevelled edges tapering to a distinct crest, fitted into the socket of a bronze tang with a perforation between the long bar and butt, the bronze haft further cast with taotie and zoomorphic designs, wood stand
overall 18.5 cm
Collection of the Hon. Hugh Scott.
Sotheby's New York, 7th December 1983, lot 37.
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紐約蘇富比1983年12月7日，編號37
Compare a similar but slightly larger (23.8 cm) jade ge in a bronze half cast with taotie and zoomophic designs from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, illustrated in Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1975, cat. no. 74 [].