Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:4thC BC-3rdC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal insect
Dimensions:Length: 18 centimetres (longer fragment) Length: 13.20 centimetres (shorter fragment)
Description:
Sword (broken). The blade is straight edged. Handle is short and flat with a small hole at the end for the pin which secured the pommel to the handle. One side of the blade is decorated with the figure of a tiger, the other with the figure of an insect. Both are incised with the edges slightly raised, might have been casted with the lost-wax casting technique. The rest of the surface decorated with a network of cracks.
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![图片[1]-sword BM-1940-1214.281.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_01271264_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-sword BM-1940-1214.281.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_01393505_001.jpg)
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Materials:bronze
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal insect
Dimensions:Length: 18 centimetres (longer fragment) Length: 13.20 centimetres (shorter fragment)
Description:
Sword (broken). The blade is straight edged. Handle is short and flat with a small hole at the end for the pin which secured the pommel to the handle. One side of the blade is decorated with the figure of a tiger, the other with the figure of an insect. Both are incised with the edges slightly raised, might have been casted with the lost-wax casting technique. The rest of the surface decorated with a network of cracks.
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