Sword
- Medium
- Bronze
- Genre
- Weapon and armament
Styles
Tags
Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeMetal-workWarring States period (475 - 221 BCE)Carl Whiting Bishop collectionEastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
About
Sword. Broken in five pieces, and lacking one piece. Grey-green patina. Guard with design cast in relief and fragments of turquoise inlay. Hilt with two rings cast in relief and traces of turquoise inlay. Pommel round and concave containing thin concentric rings.