Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 11. (Budapest, 1968)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Report on the Activities of the Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in 1967

NEW ACQUISITIONS Fig. 3. China, Bronze Ko-halberd The broad blade and the butt are east in one piece. At the upper end of the blade there is a shafting-bar. The end of the tang shows a fantastic animal representation on sunken ground which was possibly filled with coloured paste. On the analogy of similar representations this ornament can be best interpreted as a bird. This ko was probably made as a burial gift and not for everyday use. Green patina with brownish incrustation in some places. On the edge of the blade some nicks. Length 28,9 cm, width 7.5 cm. Inv. No. 67.125. Late Shang or early Chou period. For analogies see Max Loehr: Chinese Bronze Age Weapons. Ann Arbor, 1956. Pl. XXVII, No. 64 and p. 153. Another ko-halberd of similar form has been also acquired by the museum. The above description stands for it in all respects. The tang was broken off and had to be soldered back to the blade. Inv. No. 67.126. Length 28.6, width 7.6 cm. L. F. Fig. 4. China, Ordos region. Bronze belt plaque. Square, cast bronze belt plaque with double slanting cogging. The representation of a yak with bent head in relief fills the interior. The surface of the plaque is granulous. There are small openings in the centre and in the lower left corner, at the hoof of the yak. The upper right edge has been broken. The back of" the plaque is somewhat hollow. Length 5.5, height 4 em. Inv. No. 67.120. From the last centuries B. C. For a similar analogy compare Karl Jettmar: Die frühen Steppen Völker. Baden-Baden, 1964. p. 161. L. F. 4** 131