VIETNAM (probably Thanh Hoa province) in the DONG SON taste - Lot 24

VIETNAM (probably Thanh Hoa province) in the DONG SON taste Square-heeled pedeform axe (rìu) in bronze Incised decoration of a deer surrounded by geometric motifs Beautiful jade-colored patina 8 x 8.8 cm (Oxidation and wear) Provenance : Former collection of a French ambassador to Vietnam, then by descent Les Routes de la Soie, part II, sale 2024, Adjug'art, lot n°280 Comparison: An axe with similar decoration, but less oxidized, kept at the Musée Cernuschi (accession no. MC 7363). Another showing a deer hunting scene is kept at the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi. Bibliography: C. NOPPE, J. GUILLAUME, L. MARTINOT, G. WEBER, Analyse de quelques bronzes de la Culture de Dong Son (Vietnam) et de tradition dongsonienne à Java, Les cahiers de Mariemont, vol. 39, 2010, p. 40 fig. 8a. Please ask for condition reports before sale: they are not included in the sheets. Please request pre-sale condition reports: they are not included in the files.