CHINESE (QIN) SWORD WITH GOLD

in art •  8 years ago 

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Sword Blade with inlaid openwork hilt.

Iron and gold with inlaid turquoise

Length 37.8cm, Hilt Length 12.7cm, Blade Length 24.5cm, Blade Width 4cm, Weight 343.6 grams

Excavated from Tomb 2 at Yimen village in Baoji, Shaanxi, 1992; Baoji Municipal Archaeological Institute BYM2:1

Spring and Autumn period (770–476 B.C.)

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