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Post by alamein51 on Dec 18, 2019 14:33:33 GMT
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Dec 18, 2019 22:21:59 GMT
The originals of these are from Yunnan. There are (at least) two finds with this type of sword: tomb finds from Dabona, c. 465BC, and Chuxiong. There's a brief description of these finds in Yang Hong, Weapons in Ancient China, Science Press, 1992 (pp 143-145, with a pair of these swords shown in figure 212). The Dabona finds are in matched pairs (I don't know about pairing in the Chuxiong finds). This is the most common style of swords in these tombs.
I haven't seen any metallurgical analysis for these swords in particular, but swords of the time from China proper are generally high-tin tin bronzes, often 20% or a bit more tin, so if you have reason to believe these are authentic rather than repros, that's what you should look for in an XRF analysis.
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Post by alamein51 on Dec 19, 2019 22:19:22 GMT
Hi Timo,Many thanks once again for very useful information.
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Post by gary on May 20, 2020 21:44:03 GMT
A Pair of near Identical Bronze Short Swords from my collection. 434 grams and 443 grams.Nearest similar I can find are from USA auctions and attach photos.I obtained each from totally different sources .Would members agree with my attribution? ![]() ![]() Hi
This is my first post, I stumbled across this forum while researching a very similar bronze dagger (sword? knife?) I bought a few months ago.
Am I too late to contribute to the thread?
My example is 355mm long and weighs 415g.
Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Sichuan has an example (below), but I can’t find any further details.
Thanks Timo Nieminen for your very useful comments. I’ve had a look for ‘Weapons in Ancient China’, but sadly the only copy currently on Amazon is $899! Gary
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