An archaic bronze hair pin

Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
Length: 10 3/8 in (26.3 cm)

Together with a fitted box.

Provenance: Desmond Gure Collection

Exhibited and Published: Mostra d’Arte Cinese: Settimo Centenario di Marco Polo, Palazzo Ducale, Venezia 1954, no. 63

Published: Asiantiques, Chinese Works of Art (2009), cat. no. 108

Ref. 860277

Price on request