very old Jian sword from China 17th century, 7 points or 7
Click here to view this lot 17th century, 104 cm long. Wooden sheath with 4 different rotating cast metal fittings with Chinese lettering. There are characters on one side (older?) who look different than the ones on the other side (younger?). Sheath 79 cm long, 6 cm wide (without chain hooks). Bottom bracket with orth-ribbon in one piece. Blade is 76.5 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, blunt, on one side of the blade there are 4 thick Chinese characters and 7 stars are etched or engraved and then painted red. On the screen, the characters look rather rusty, but are remnants of red paint. On the other side a dragon is stored etched or engraved and still clear, with gold or yellow color. Knob, "quillons" and fittings could be bronze (likely because there is partly green patinat). The knob has a drilled hole of about 6 mm in diameter on the back. Why??? Handle: smooth (not rough) dark (probably stained) turned (or carver was perfect) wood with 4 decorative grooves. An animal figure at the parry plate wobbles, because these are screwed on. Chain is probably made of iron. Looks a bit rusty. national shipping as an insured package without (for ā¬) or with transport insurance up to ā¬ (for ā¬) or... Click here to visit Catawiki Read More