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Halberd Standard

c. 600–221 BCE

China, Zhou dynasty

(c. 1046–256 BCE)
Medium
bronze inlaid with silver
Measurements
Overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1085
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The craftsman used silver inlay to create an eminently satisfying pattern of dashing straight lines and restless curves.

Description

This finial, being pear-shaped in section, is known to have been the handle of a halberd. Its ornament consists of broad bands intersecting to make angles, and of delicate lines ending in whorls. The asymmetrical part through the middle is
derived from a bird, its head being at the upper right, its tail at the lower left. The whole object is coated with a green and blue patina of rare beauty.

Halberd Standard

c. 600–221 BCE

China, Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–256 BCE)

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