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Ceremonial Sword

CultureChinese
Date100 B.C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 3/4 × 31 5/8 inches (4.45 × 1.91 × 80.33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. H. A. Metzger
Object number58-72
On View
Not on view
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Ceremonial Dagger Ax
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
35-78 A,B
overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/30
overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
67-31
overall
222 C.E.
32-68/23
overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/31
Sword
5th century B.C.E.
8.2008.2
Ceremonial Dagger Ax
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
49-25
recto overall
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1788 or 1789
32-143/161
Ceremonial Mask of a Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
late 12th-early 13th century
F75-19/1
Ceremonial spear
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
2006.9.9.1