A CHINESE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE SWORD HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD) Cast with beveled edges and a distinct median ridge, the diamond-shaped guard and the circular pommel each decorated with gold-inlaid scroll motifs, the bronze with extensive malachite-green encrustation 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long Provenance Paula Heuser Antiquitäten, Hamburg, Germany, 29 July 1933, where acquired by Hermann Rosenfeld. Acquired by the current owner from the heirs of Mr. Hermann Rosenfeld, circa 1990s.
A CHINESE GOLD-INLAID BRONZE SWORD HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD) Cast with beveled edges and a distinct median ridge, the diamond-shaped guard and the circular pommel each decorated with gold-inlaid scroll motifs, the bronze with extensive malachite-green encrustation 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long Provenance Paula Heuser Antiquitäten, Hamburg, Germany, 29 July 1933, where acquired by Hermann Rosenfeld. Acquired by the current owner from the heirs of Mr. Hermann Rosenfeld, circa 1990s.
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