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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY OFFICER'S YAODAO SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
A CHINESE QING DYNASTY OFFICER'S YAODAO SABER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Lavishly mounted in pierced, chiseled and engraved brass, each fitting depicting Imperial dragons.The wooden grip with original cord wrap and lanyard with tassels intact. The straight, single-edged blade with upturned tip wrought with two narrow fullers. In its wooden scabbard covered in polished rayskin, with original belthook, and mounts en suite with those of the hilt. Beginning of the 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 74.2 cm. Condition I