A RARE GOLD AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SWORD

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$ 40 000
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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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Lot 830 | A RARE GOLD AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SWORD
A RARE GOLD AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SWORD

WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY BC

The long tapering blade is cast with a median ridge and beveled edges. The oval handle is encircled by two rings and the dished circular pommel inlaid in gold wire and turquoise with C-scrolls surrounding a quatrefoil motif centered by a small gold sheet disc. The bronze has a grey and green patina with some malachite green encrustation.

18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) long, fitted brocade box





Provenance

Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collection, New York, acquired prior to 1965.

Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection; Christie’s New York, 14 September 2009, lot 25.





Exhibited

New York, Columbia University, February 1965.

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