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Originally Posted by ariel
In China weapons were viewed as utilitarian instruments and ( with the rare exceptions of Royal examples) were limited to several simple patterns of purely practical features.
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Hi Ariel,
like all cultures, there are class levels and within China there were certainly, and are, many many fine examples or weapons types that go beyond this classification you make.
Weapons are certainly NOT
only viewed as utilitarian instruments, they move well beyond this culturally.
Gavin