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Pointed-tip knife With ideograms
| Issuer | Yan, State of |
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| Year | 601 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uninscribed reverse presenting the flat dorsal surface of the knife blade and handle. Two parallel raised ribs are visible along the handle, mirroring the obverse construction and confirming piece-mould casting technique. The blade surface is smooth and featureless, covered with an uneven grey-green patina with occasional areas of cuprite and malachite encrustation. No legends, devices, or decorative elements are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.16: 六 (Liu; six) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.17: 八 (Ba; eight) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.18: 十八 (Shi Ba; eighteen) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.19: 匕 (Bi) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.20: 卜 (Bu) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.21: 屮 (Che) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.22: 非 (Fei) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.23: 工 (Gong) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.24: 吉 (Ji) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.25: 己 (Ji; cyclical character) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.26: 日 (Ri; a circle) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.27: 上 (Shang) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.28: 行 (Xing) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.29: [Fish] - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.30: [Two-pronged trident] - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Hartill#4.31-32: Undeciphered ideogram - |
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