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An inscribed oracle bone, Late Shang dynasty | 商末 甲骨刻辭一片

Lot Closed

March 28, 04:19 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

An inscribed oracle bone

Late Shang dynasty

商末 甲骨刻辭一片


one side inscribed with wu xu bu yi geng zi, and the other side with er qiang wei zi shang zi, fitted wood box (3)

刻辭:

戊戌卜 翌 庚子

二 羌 隹子商茲


Length 3¾ in., 9.5 cm

Collection of Mary Celia and Clarke Edwin Harris, acquired in China prior to 1940, and thence by descent.