An extremely fine bronze halberd
Well cast as a pointed blade issuing from a slotted shaft and pierced for attachment to a shaft at two points.
Length: 25.5cm, Height: 12.5cm
Style of: Warring States (5th – 4th century BC), age determination uncertain
T.Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States, 1982, pg.75. Orientations June 1988, pg.2b. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16868/lot/5. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-asie-pf1317/lot.206.html. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19305/lot/518