Object: Sword
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,11.4.24 (at S of A),Capt. W. H. Murray
Site: China
Country: China
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 533
Width (mm): blade 44 hilt 48.5, 13, 25.5, 25, 11, 36
Thickness (mm): blade 10, 3; hilt 35, 36
Weight (g): 850.48
Patina: A rich marble like patina of jade green, medium shade & slightly mottled.
Surface: Smooth,  hilt rather pitted, very slight encrustment on one side of blade near hilt.
Description: Cast marks show on sides of hilt. The hilt top is hollowed & has a central hole, but the top is nearly filled with encrustment.