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Subject:Re: Antique Chinese Jade Sword
Posted By: anita mui Mon, May 25, 2009
Dear Mario
This sword looks like taste of Yuan Shikai.It's conservative but too much elabolate.It's too much decoration stuffs within one piece.
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Yuan Shikai, September 16, 1859 � June 6, 1916) was an important Chinese general and politician famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China, his autocratic rule as the second President of the Republic of China, and his short-lived attempt to revive the Chinese monarchy, with himself as the "Great Emperor of China".
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It is a silver coated with gold? with ancient jade works, the handle is from Neolithic jade, the rectangular nipples plaque was cut from the Ming Dynasty Kui tablet. the sword guard may be from the Song Dynasty, but the white dragon rectangular plaque is surely from the mid Qing Dynasty, and the scarbard chape might be from the Song or Ming.
I think it is possibly late Qing as the certificate said.
Nice work, actually.
Have fun
Anita Mui
translucentworld.com
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