A pair of archaic bronze chariot hubs (Wei), late Western Zhou, 9th/8th century BC, 8.3 cm long. Together with an archaic bronze linch-pin (hsia), late Western Zhou. Provenance. Canterbury Museum (c. 1956.374) 19 cm long. Exhibited. Victorian National Gallery, ancient Chinese Bronzes in Australian & New Zealand Collections, 1975. And an archaic bronze Gui, probably Zhou Dynasty, 19.3 cm