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Description: | Probably used as burial goods. Bronze swords of this type were excavated in tombs from the Chu kingdom in South China during the Eastern Zhou period.
See p.195, Thote, A. (1999), "Continuities and Discontinuities: Chu Burials during the Eastern Zhou Period", in Whitefield, R. & T. Wang ed., 'Exploring China's Past', London: Saffron.
Bronze sword, jian, with a round hollow grip surmounted by a disk pommel. Below the grip is a rhombic-shaped guard which serves also as the base of the hilt. Blade has green and brown patina, is double-edged accentuated by a central ridge, which is nearly rhomboid in cross-section, tapering to a sharp point. Four Chinese characters, 'yang zi zuo gong', are inscribed in seal script on the blade below the guard.
caption: General view of object no. 24.2.54/3.
caption: Left side of object no. 24.2.54/3. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | bronze Weapons swords (weapons: edged) Chinese Peoples Archaeology War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-48558 | Go to resource |
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