- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Blade of the type ko [chn] decorated with casting in relief. Patinated with malachite and cuprite.
- Published References
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- Hai-Po Sun. Hsun hsien i chi (Xun xian yi ji). Henan tong zhi wen wu zhi ji jin pian shang. fig. 24a-b.
- Robert L. Hobson, W. Perceval Yetts. The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain. 6 vols., London. cat. A150, vol. I.
- Ch'en Jen-t'ao. Chin Kuei lun ku ch'u chi [Essays on Chinese Antiquities in the Chin Kuei Collection with Explanations]. Hong Kong. vol. 1: p. 47.
- Rutherford John Gettens, Roy S. Clarke, Jr., W. Thomas Chase. Two Early Chinese Bronze Weapons with Meteoritic Iron Blades. vol. 4, no. 1 Washington, 1971. p. 59, fig. 29.
- Hsueh-chin Li. Several Shang, Chou Objects Collected in America and Australia. no. 12. pp. 72-76.
- Compiled by the staff of the Freer Gallery of Art. A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes: Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton Lodge. Oriental Studies Series, no. 3 Washington, 1946. p. 95, pl. 49.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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