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Sword

Original Language TitleCh'ien
CultureChinese
DateWarring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 18 inches (4.45 × 45.72 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-68/30
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionLong, ridged blade, with beveled edges, slightly rounded point. Indented hilt and long circular stem with two rings and a fragmentary rounded handle.
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overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/31
overall
222 C.E.
32-68/23
overall
Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.)
32-68/32
overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/33
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Edo period (1615-1868)
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2015
2016.15.1
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1st century C.E.
F95-18/2
Tray
1840-1850
80-45/1
Mask
early 20th century
2006.25
overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/21
overall oblique
17th-18th century
33-68
overall oblique
17th-18th century
33-69