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THBLot of 2 Chinese Warring States & Tagar Bronze Weapons
Lot 60c
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Central / East Asia, northwestern China, eastern Kazakhstan, and southern Russia, near Xinjiang, Tagar culture, ca. 800 to 200 BCE; China, Warring States period, ca. 475 to 221 BCE. Two cast-bronze weapons from ancient China and eastern Central Asia. First is a Tagar culture leaded-bronze dagger with a double-edged blade bearing a raised midrib, parallel rods that form the handle, and an openwork ring pommel on top. The larger weapon is a bronze spearhead (ge) with a broad, double-edged blade, a thick midrib, curved guard that projects along one side and features several attachment slots, and a rectangular tang with a central lock hole. Both items are enveloped with lovely patina.
For a similar example of a Tagar dagger with a hand guard, please see Festa, Marcella. "Prehistoric Interactions in Eurasia: a Re-evaluation of Bronze Age Remains in the Oases on the Southern Rim of the Tarim Basin." Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2018, ATINER's Conference Paper Series, no: HIS2017-2459, p. 18, fig. 9, example b.
Provenance: private collection of the late Karming Wong; approximate date of acquisition: late 1970 to early 1980
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#156511Both items have very slight bending to overall forms, with minor nicks to blades, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice patina throughout.Condition
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