Ancient Arrow Head

[junker]

Hello Friends,

another riddle for discussing (or solving it).

The seller told me, that this is an arrow head of a heavy crossbow from china and more than 2000 years old.

I am not sure because the barbe has an quadrat shape and isnt sharpened.
Maybe he ist right, but i have no literature about this time to proof this.
Do you have ?

best regards from Dirk

[Lew]

Hi Dirk

Yes the arrow head does look Chinese to me. I have a number of these in different shapes will see if I can find some pics to post.

[junker]

Thanks, this will be helpful.
And is it that old ?
Dirk

[Lew]

These arrow heads are 1500 to 2000 yrs old

[Lew]

Here are a few from my collection. These are all Chinese bronze arrow heads that I picked up in the last ten years.

[junker]

Thanks Lew,
but sorry no one of yours has that unspecific and unsharpened barb hook, what makes me wonder
Dirk

[Lew]

Dirk

There are hundreds of different arrow head designs each had a specific purpose so just because it has a unique shape does not exclude it from being of Chinese origin.