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PROBABLY WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
Details
A TURQUOISE AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK AND A BRONZE SWORD
PROBABLY WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The belt hook has a small dragon-head finial and it is inlaid in turquoise and silver with geometrical decoration. The sword is cast with a double edged blade with a median ridge on each side. It has areas of malachite encrustation.
The sword 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) long
PROBABLY WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The belt hook has a small dragon-head finial and it is inlaid in turquoise and silver with geometrical decoration. The sword is cast with a double edged blade with a median ridge on each side. It has areas of malachite encrustation.
The sword 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Property from the Professor Frederick Seguier Drake (1892-1976) Family Collection, acquired prior to the 1960s.
The belt hook: Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Bernard Drake.
The belt hook: Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Bernard Drake.