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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.2
Title
Sword with Inscription on Blade
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
sword
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
Dimensions
45.7 x 5.2 x 4 cm (18 x 2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Chinese: Added later in archaic script, the inscription reads: "Kung Chun Wang Yuan Fu Po tso chi pao yung" ("Made by Yuan Fu Po, Prince of Kung Chun, for ever lasting, precious use")

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.52.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 045, pp. 44-45

Exhibition History

  • S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

Verification Level

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