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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...
Straight, double-edged blades forged with a central ridge, each inlaid with the Mao Xiu or Pleiades, in brass. The hilts symmetrical, with brass pommels, guards and ferrules engraved overall, the hardwood grips reeded on the obverse and flat on the reverse, fitting neatly into the shared wooden scabbard covered in polished rayskin and mounted in engraved brass en suite with the hilts. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length 64.2 cm. Condition II