second look at a Chinese chopper

josh stout · 17th March 2008, 04:42 PM

I have only seen two other examples. One was from the same seller mine came from and was possibly older with a thinner blade. The other I saw on SFI a few years ago where the majority opinion wrongly concluded it was a modified pole arm. In ISSC there is a Ming statue pictured holding a similar looking wavy tipped chopper, and in the Qianlong era HuangChiao LiQi DuShih there is another wavy tipped one, also quoted in ISSC. That is the one associated with the term "podao". (Not to be confused with "podao/pudao" a type of dadao with an extra long handle.)

The chopper is wrapped up and put away with the majority of my collection to keep it from my kids, so I haven't looked at it in a bit. I do not remember anything unusual about the guard or handle attachment. Nor did I see any reason to think it had been rehilted.

Nice collection BTW.
Josh

17th March 2008, 04:42 PM	#1
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	I have only seen two other examples. One was from the same seller mine came from and was possibly older with a thinner blade. The other I saw on SFI a few years ago where the majority opinion wrongly concluded it was a modified pole arm. In ISSC there is a Ming statue pictured holding a similar looking wavy tipped chopper, and in the Qianlong era HuangChiao LiQi DuShih there is another wavy tipped one, also quoted in ISSC. That is the one associated with the term "podao". (Not to be confused with "podao/pudao" a type of dadao with an extra long handle.) The chopper is wrapped up and put away with the majority of my collection to keep it from my kids, so I haven't looked at it in a bit. I do not remember anything unusual about the guard or handle attachment. Nor did I see any reason to think it had been rehilted. Nice collection BTW. Josh