Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An extremely fine and important turquoise inlaid ritual bronze axe blade "Ko"
Flat triangular with a rounded tip and central ridge, the flat rectangular hilt decorated with a band of inlaid turquoise mosaic in the shape of a Taotie mask. The bronze has a fine patina.
Length: 25cm
Style of: Shang (16th – 11th century BC), age determination uncertain
The Great Bronze Age of China, London, 1980, pg.129, no 25, fig.40. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-asie-pf1317/lot.206.html. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19305/lot/518
Flat triangular with a rounded tip and central ridge, the flat rectangular hilt decorated with a band of inlaid turquoise mosaic in the shape of a Taotie mask. The bronze has a fine patina.
Length: 25cm
Style of: Shang (16th – 11th century BC), age determination uncertain
The Great Bronze Age of China, London, 1980, pg.129, no 25, fig.40. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-asie-pf1317/lot.206.html. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19305/lot/518