A VERY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID AND JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, C. 1300-1100 BC The jade blade is now altered to an opaque dark buff and olive-brown colour with median ridge on both sides and slightly bevelled edges, connected to the slender hafting bar of the bronze handle. The plain tang is pierced with a hole below the hilt cast in the shape of a bird's head with large hooked beak, bifurcated crest and long curled feather on the back of the neck, all inlaid in turquoise tesserae. 12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm.) long, box Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York Frank Caro, New York, 1964 Arthur M. Sackler Collection Sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 227
A VERY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID AND JADE INSET BRONZE GE-HALBERD BLADE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE, C. 1300-1100 BC The jade blade is now altered to an opaque dark buff and olive-brown colour with median ridge on both sides and slightly bevelled edges, connected to the slender hafting bar of the bronze handle. The plain tang is pierced with a hole below the hilt cast in the shape of a bird's head with large hooked beak, bifurcated crest and long curled feather on the back of the neck, all inlaid in turquoise tesserae. 12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm.) long, box Provenance C. T. Loo & Co., New York Frank Caro, New York, 1964 Arthur M. Sackler Collection Sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 227
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