Lot 188. A parcel-gilt bronze short sword, Eastern Zhou - Han dynasty; 33 cm. Lot sold: 819,000HKD (Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

the sword rendered with a conical pommel and set with two rings on the cylindrical grip, decorated with gilding on the underside of the pommel, the guard and the central band on the blade.

Provenance: R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 13th April 1990.

Literature: Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 66.

Exhibited: Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022