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Bill M 10th June 2005 02:43 AM
Old Chinese Sword for comment
 
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20 inches long. Comments?

Andrew 10th June 2005 03:20 AM
Hi Bill. It looks to be in pretty good shape.

What can you tell us about this?

Bill M 10th June 2005 10:56 PM
Looks a lot like many of the fakes on eBay, doesn't it?

However I believe it to be "Warring States" about 475bc to 225bc. Bought it from a guy who wrote a few books on old Chinese pieces.

http://www.allensantiques.com/books.htm

This collecting area is not really my thing, but I like the sword and have good feelings about the provenance.

Antonio Cejunior 11th June 2005 01:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Marsh
Looks a lot like many of the fakes on eBay, doesn't it?

However I believe it to be "Warring States" about 475bc to 225bc. Bought it from a guy who wrote a few books on old Chinese pieces.

http://www.allensantiques.com/books.htm

This collecting area is not really my thing, but I like the sword and have good feelings about the provenance.
Hi Bill,

Been away for some time :(
Do you have anyway to either carbon test the sword or send it to a metallurgical analysis? If the sword is ancient it is very nice.


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