Spearhead and Storage Case (清 矛頭)

spearhead, Chinese or Mongolian; case, Tibetan

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With its pure form and clean lines, this spearhead shows a level of quality and refinement usually reserved for the best sword blades and seldom found on spears or other staff weapons. At the base of its socket there is a braided ring realistically chiseled in high relief. Engraved just above it is a design of a mountains and waves, a symbol of longevity called the Islands of the Immortals.

Spearhead and Storage Case (清 矛頭), Steel, gold, leather, copper, possibly cork, wood, spearhead, Chinese or Mongolian; case, Tibetan

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Spearhead and Storage Case (清 矛頭), Steel, gold, leather, copper, possibly cork, wood, spearhead, Chinese or Mongolian; case, Tibetan
Spearhead and Storage Case (清 矛頭), Steel, gold, leather, copper, possibly cork, wood, spearhead, Chinese or Mongolian; case, Tibetan

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