A BRONZE RITUAL BLADE 'GE'

Description:

China, possibly Eastern Zhou dynasty
L. 18,1 cm
With finely incised zoomorphic openwork ornamentation.
From the Zeileis collection, assembled in the 1980s and 90s - Slightly chipped, partial corrosion
Published in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, 'Von Shang bis Qing, Dreieinhalb Jahrtausende Chinesische Bronze' [From Shang to Qing, Three and a Half Millenia of Chinese Bronzes], Gallspach, 1999, no. 117, p. 317