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Spearhead (mao), late 13th century BCE, 7 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (19.69 × 5.24 × 2.7 cm), Bronze, China, 13th century BCE, Two inscribed Shang dynasty bronze spearheads dating to the Anyang period (thirteenth to mid-eleventh century BCE). Each has a flat, leaf-shaped blade with a single point and double edges on a tapered, hollow socket with a pair of loops above the reinforced rim for fixing to a shaft. Spearheads resembling this pair were excavated from tomb M54 at Huayuanzhuang-dong in Anyang, datable to Phase II of the Anyang period which is contemporary to the famous Tomb of Fuhao, the consort of King Wuding, who died around 1200 BCE. The ears on the bronze spearheads were used to fix them onto a shaft. From the Western Zhou onward, perforations and nail holes were used as the principal method of fastening. Bronze spears were prevalent during Shang times since battles were primarily fought on foot, but they became less common in the Western Zhou and later as chariot warfare became more common.

Spearhead (mao), late 13th century BCE, 7 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (19.69 × 5.24 × 2.7 cm), Bronze, China, 13th century BCE, Two inscribed Shang dynasty bronze spearheads dating to the Anyang period (thirteenth to mid-eleventh century BCE). Each has a flat, leaf-shaped blade with a single point and double edges on a tapered, hollow socket with a pair of loops above the reinforced rim for fixing to a shaft. Spearheads resembling this pair were excavated from tomb M54 at Huayuanzhuang-dong in Anyang, datable to Phase II of the Anyang period which is contemporary to the famous Tomb of Fuhao, the consort of King Wuding, who died around 1200 BCE. The ears on the bronze spearheads were used to fix them onto a shaft. From the Western Zhou onward, perforations and nail holes were used as the principal method of fastening. Bronze spears were prevalent during Shang times since battles were primarily fought on foot, but they became less common in the Western Zhou and later as chariot warfare became more common.
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Spearhead (mao), late 13th century BCE, 7 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (19.69 × 5.24 × 2.7 cm), Bronze, China, 13th century BCE, Two inscribed Shang dynasty bronze spearheads dating to the Anyang period (thirteenth to mid-eleventh century BCE). Each has a flat, leaf-shaped blade with a single point and double edges on a tapered, hollow socket with a pair of loops above the reinforced rim for fixing to a shaft. Spearheads resembling this pair were excavated from tomb M54 at Huayuanzhuang-dong in Anyang, datable to Phase II of the Anyang period which is contemporary to the famous Tomb of Fuhao, the consort of King Wuding, who died around 1200 BCE. The ears on the bronze spearheads were used to fix them onto a shaft. From the Western Zhou onward, perforations and nail holes were used as the principal method of fastening. Bronze spears were prevalent during Shang times since battles were primarily fought on foot, but they became less common in the Western Zhou and later as chariot warfare became more common.
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30.6 x 73.9 cm | 12.0 x 29.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1200 BCE • 13TH CENTURY BCE • ANYANG PERIOD • ANYANG • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BATTLES • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE SPEARHEADS • BRONZE SPEARS • BRONZE • BRONZES • CHARIOT WARFARE • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • COMMON • CONSORT • CONTEMPORARY • DATABLE • DIED • DOUBLE EDGES • EARS • EXCAVATED • FAMOUS TOMB • FASTENING • FIX • FIXING • FLAT • FOOT FEET • FOOT • FUHAO • GENERAL • HOLLOW SOCKET • HUAYUANZHUANG-DONG • KING WUDING • LATE 13TH CENTURY BCE • LATER • LEAF-SHAPED BLADE • LESS COMMON • LOOPS • MAO • MID-ELEVENTH CENTURY BCE • NAIL HOLES • PAIR • PERFORATIONS • PHASE II • PORCELAIN • PREVALENT • PRIMARILY FOUGHT • PRINCIPAL METHOD • REINFORCED RIM • REPAIR • SHAFT • SHANG TIMES • SINGLE POINT • SPEARHEAD • SPEARHEADS RESEMBLING • TAPERED • THIRTEENTH • TODAY • TOMB M54 • TWO INSCRIBED SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE SPEARHEADS DATING • WESTERN ZHOU ONWARD • WESTERN ZHOU