A RARE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE SWORD
Property from a Private American Collection 
A RARE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE SWORD

EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, FIRST HALF 5TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE SWORD
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, FIRST HALF 5TH CENTURY BC
The long tapering blade has beveled edges and a distinct median ridge. The guard is inlaid on either side in fine gold wire with foliate scroll and the hilt is cast with two circular flanges below a circular, dished pommel inlaid with a circular fret pattern.
21¾ in. (55.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Dragon Culture, Hong Kong, mid 1990s.

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