THE COLLECTION OF A CALIFORNIAN GENTLEMAN - A CHINESE DOUBLE SHORT SWORD (JIAN)

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Double-edged blades (various pitting); solid brass mounts, centres of crossguard with dragons head in relief, knobs engraved with floral motifs and brown horn grips decorated with ribbing. Together in a single wooden scabbard, covered with green-painted ray skin, with partially pierced and engraved brass mounts, the central one decorated with a dragon, and one with short inscription in Chinese. Two suspension rings.