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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.1
Title
Sword with Inscription in Bird-Script Characters
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
sword
Date
Warring States period, 5th cent. BCE-3rd cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204506

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with turquoise inlays (inscription cast on both sides of the sword guard)
Technique
Inlaid
Dimensions
45.7 x 4.9 cm (18 x 1 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.52.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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