A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE DAGGER AND SCABBARD EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD
the openwork handle crisply cast in relief with a highly stylized dragon design formed by intricate angular scrollwork, interspersed with multiple circular sockets for turquoise inlay, the long blade with a median ridge and beveled edges tapering toward a pointed tip, the openwork scabbard decorated to one side with five pairs of confronting deer-like animals above a human mask, the other side with repetitive arrow heads interrupted by a vertical band, all accentuated with further sockets for inlay, the interior set with a crimson velvet liner (2)
Length 14 1/8 in., 35.7 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the openwork handle crisply cast in relief with a highly stylized dragon design formed by intricate angular scrollwork, interspersed with multiple circular sockets for turquoise inlay, the long blade with a median ridge and beveled edges tapering toward a pointed tip, the openwork scabbard decorated to one side with five pairs of confronting deer-like animals above a human mask, the other side with repetitive arrow heads interrupted by a vertical band, all accentuated with further sockets for inlay, the interior set with a crimson velvet liner (2)
Length 14 1/8 in., 35.7 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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