Bronze sword.

[Jscb1b]

Another score from my mom's collection.

 

[MO Fugga]

Nice. How old, and origin?

 

[Jscb1b]

No idea. I tried reverse searching it with different results. One site said it is Greek, one said Chinese, and one said Luristan. I've looked at Christie's auction house too. My mom's husband bought it before they got together. He has passed so I can't ask him. If you have any ideas about what to try, I would appreciate them.

 

[Jscb1b]

The bronze age lasted from 3300bc to 1200bc. Different areas of the world entered at different times. This is just an estimated time line.

 

[Edsel]

 

[Edsel]

This one has closeup pichers.

 

[Edsel]

Lots of these online…

I remember them from my trips to Hong Kong, when the Jade Market was still an interesting place to windowshop.

All repros for the tourists.

Metallurgical Analysis at your local university would probably be your best bet.

 

[MO Fugga]

Lots of these online…

I remember them from my trips to Hong Kong, when the Jade Market was still an interesting place to windowshop.

All repros for the tourists.

Metallurgical Analysis at your local university would probably be your best bet.

They can tell you which mine the copper came from, maybe the tin too.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

If it is original and period, it is spectacular.

If reproduction, it is still really cool!

Nice find!

Sirhr

 

[Edsel]

A Special Ancient Bronze Sword and Its Possible Manufacturing Technique from Materials Science Analysis - PMC

In this study, it was found that an ancient bronze sword had special microstructures, i.e., a tin (Sn)-rich layer (Sn: 38.51 wt.%), that was around 0.1–0.3 mm in thickness in the bronze substrate (Sn: 18.57 wt.%). This sword was unearthed from the ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Thought you might find this interesting.

Caution:

The authors are, however, Chinese - judging by the jingoist white trash mindset that is prevalent, this might ruffle some feathers.