Auction 82
Oct 18, 2020
Italy
Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
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- I lotti verranno aggiudicati definitivamente in sala durante l’asta che si svolgerà il 18 ottobre 2020 dalle ore 11:00 CEST per i lotti 1-202 e dalle ore 15.00 CEST per i lotti 203 - 470 presso Crespi Bonsai Museum in S.S del Sempione, 37 20015 Parabiago.
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LOT 1:
SEVEN BRONZE DAGGER-AXE BLADES, GE
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Sold for: €1,200
Start price:
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1,000
Estimated price:
€1,500 - €2,000
Auction house commission: 25%
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SEVEN BRONZE DAGGER-AXE BLADES, GE
China, late Shang – early Zhou dynasty
One with an incised stylized arrow.
30,5 cm the largest
Provenance : Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired from Anthony J. Allen, Auckland, New Zealand, between 995 and 2000.
The dagger-axe has been for many centuries the most important of the weapons available to the Chinese army. It consists of a double blade inserted trought the tang on a wooden stick, and had devastating effects especially when handled by a man on a charriot.