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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.6
Title
Sword with Hilt Embellished with Geometric Decor
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
sword
Date
5th-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204473

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
Dimensions
L. 53.7 cm (21 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.52.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jaime Jouris, "Chinese Black Bronze Mirrors: A Preliminary Examination" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1991), Unpublished, passim

Verification Level

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