A "MAO" spearhead in green patina bronze, lanceolate in shape, each side with a flat central ridge running the full height, ending at the socket with a small taotie mask spitting a ring; the sides of the blade bevelled. China, Changsha, Warring States period, 4th-3rd centuries B.C.A BRONZE SPEAR HEAD, "MAO", CHINA, CHANGSHA, WARRING STATES PERIODS, 4TH-3RD CENTURIES B.C.LONG. (MAX.) 28,3 CM (11 1/8 IN.)Provenance: By descent from the collection of a director of the Société d'import-export Denis Frères in Saigon between 1925 and 1955.With invoice from the T. Y. King gallery in Hong Kong, dated 28 March 1953.For a similar spearhead, albeit with sophisticated decoration, see the sale of the David-Weill collection, Sotheby's Paris, 16 December 2014, lot 44.