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A HARDSTONE EMBELLISHED SWORD AND SCABBARD
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The long blade cast with one sharp edge tapering to a pointed tip, indented on each of the flat sides with double grooves, fitted with a gilt-metal sword guard cast in openwork with dragons amidst a dense leafy scroll, embellished with coral and turquoise beads, repeated on the gilt-silver filigree handle; the scabbard similarly decorated with further filigree work on each of the flat sides
37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm.) across
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The long blade cast with one sharp edge tapering to a pointed tip, indented on each of the flat sides with double grooves, fitted with a gilt-metal sword guard cast in openwork with dragons amidst a dense leafy scroll, embellished with coral and turquoise beads, repeated on the gilt-silver filigree handle; the scabbard similarly decorated with further filigree work on each of the flat sides
37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm.) across