Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A very interesting and fine openwork bronze sword
The blade decorated with eight rings, with a upturned point, a circular aperture near the hilt made of crème-green jade, finely carved with Taotie masks and bat shapes, with the head of an animal at the end.
Length: 72cm
Style of: Apparently Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Chinese Jade catalogue, pl.20.
The blade decorated with eight rings, with a upturned point, a circular aperture near the hilt made of crème-green jade, finely carved with Taotie masks and bat shapes, with the head of an animal at the end.
Length: 72cm
Style of: Apparently Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Chinese Jade catalogue, pl.20.