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Object Details
- Description
- Sword. The edges foliated and heavily encrusted; areas elsewhere of a light green aerugo. The pommel inlaid with a gold ornament; the guard with gold and turquoise; and the center of the blade on both sides with inscriptions inlaid with gold.
- Inscriptions
- 1. (From original folder sheet note 2) (J.E.L., 1929)
- Inscription on the blade:
- Obverse: [chn]
- Reverse: [chn]
- The last character doubtful, perhaps; also the ninth, which may be [chn]. The passage [chn] may refer to the decoration and inscription in gold; but it is not clear to me. The rest of the text means: "On the lucky day jen-wu
, made for righteous use, -----I myself named it, calling it Shao-chin." [chn] may be a name, "I, Yu," etc. It is worth noting that [chn] chen was a common word for the pronouns I and me, but was appropriated by [chn] Ch'in Shih Huang-Ti for the royal We, Ourself. - Provenance
- To 1929
- Edgar Worch (1880-1972), Berlin. [1]
- From 1929
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Edgar Worch, Berlin. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
- Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Edgar Worch (1880-1972)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. first half 5th century BCE
- Period
- Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
- Accession Number
- F1929.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Weapon and Armament
- Medium
- Bronze, gold, turquoise
- Dimensions
- H x W: 55 x 4.1 cm (21 5/8 x 1 5/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- inlay (process)
- metal
- bronze
- Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
- Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1929.19
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d4cde140-164b-4fc4-a4e3-f6210e2b72ec
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