商及東周 青銅武器四件

comprising three Shang dynasty halberds (ge); one inscribed with the character long between two hands reading gong, to offer, and on the other the character zi or child, accompanied by a graph of two hands holding a stick,  one with crisply cast geometric design on a triangular field and on the tang, one side inscribed with an eye and the other with the character Fu,  the third ge has a substantial blade and a bird-shaped tang;  an Eastern Zhou spearhead with a long narrow blade bevelled along the outer edges and with a partly obscured inscription on the socket; an Eastern Zhou sword with an integrally cast hilt that is missing its disc at the end, with a four character inscription  that may be later (5)

購於1970與1980年代，自此家族收藏

羅森，《趙氏山海樓所藏古代青銅器》，香港，1988年，品號45，46，47，48和49

The first, in good condition; the second, the two protruding hatch on either side reattached; the third, in good condition; the fourth, with damage along the blade particularly along the tip; the fifth, with missing hilt at the end.
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