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The head of a bird projects from the socket of this cap, which has a design of highly stylized birds inlaid with thin bands of gold and gold wire. The cap would have been used on such a weapon as that in Karlgren, Plate 101 (50.46.40). Patina grayed light green. Bronze with gold inlay.

Butt cap for spear haft, 5th-4th century BCE

China

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The yuan has narrow, sharpened bevels on both edges and a narrow ridge approximately midway the length of the blade. The nei is rectangular and is decorated on both sides with a rectangular panel displaying a pattern of T forms inlaid with gold. The hu is adorned on the face with two slender birds in gold inlay just opposite the lower slits designed to lash the haft to the Kuo. A third slit occurs at the nei end of the blade, and still another at the base of the gold motif on the nei itself. Patina green and sharp green.

Ge dagger-ax, 4th century BCE

China

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A beast with the forehead shield and ears of a t'ao-t'ieh has a scaled body coiled tortuously around a bird(?) and terminated by two bold tufts. A small tiger (?) clings to the beast's haunches. The scale decor is inlaid alternately with gold and turquoise. A spiral decor is rendered partly in gold inlay and partly in niello. Patina dark green with small areas of reddish brown.

Buckle in the form of coiled dragon, 5th-4th century BCE

China

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