Object: Socketed Halberd
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Sotheby's 24.v.21 (Lot 307)
Site: China?,(England),Appears to be Chinese
Discovery context: auction
Country: China
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 187
Width (mm): socket 31 to 33 behind socket; blade (widest) 49
Thickness (mm): blade 5.5; 10; socket 24.5, 5 to 7 thick behind socket
Weight (g): 297.17
Patina: Partly covered with a plum coloured patina or oxidisation + various shades of yellow + brown.
Surface: Fairly smooth, but a little bright green corrosion.
Description: Very well preserved.