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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY YAODAO SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:175.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
A CHINESE QING DYNASTY YAODAO SWORD
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...
The single-edged blade straight with upswept tip, bifullered and back-edged. The hilt with brass pommel, ferrule and circular guard engraved overall, the grip covered in rayskin and bound in brass wire. In its wooden scabbard covered in polished rayskin and mounted in engraved brass en suite with the hilt. Mid-19th century. Light wear, chape lacking. Ex-Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA.Overall length 68 cm. Condition III