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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY PAIRED JIAN SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:175.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
A CHINESE QING DYNASTY PAIRED JIAN 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...
Comprising a pair of straight, double-edged blades forged with a central ridge on the obverse and flat on the reverse, the hilts symmetrical, with brass pommels and guards engraved overall, the hardwood grips well carved on the obverse, and likewise flat on the reverse, thus fitting neatly into the shared wooden scabbard covered in tortoiseshell and mounted in engraved brass en suite with the hilts. Mid-19th century.Some losses to shell.Overall length 72.3 cm. Condition III