Zhu_Gou_Bronze_spearhead-IMG_4424-black.jpg

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Bronze spearhead inscribed with golden characters and decorated with turquoise on the shaft. Eastern Zhou period . The inscription is an example of Bird-worm seal script (see Chinese bronze inscriptions ) and names the owner as King Zhu Gou (朱勾), of the State of Yue , Southern China
Date 5 th century BC
date QS:P571,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Asia 1947,7-12.426
Credit line Oppenheim bequest
Source/Photographer Rama
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