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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Kung Fu Dao - Chinese Broadsword - Boulder Internal Arts

Dao Sword

Dated: early 20th Century
Culture: Chinese
Measurements: length 90.5 cm

The sword has a slightly curved, single-edged, damask blade, with a double groove, engraved with the effigy of a dragon on a face and ideograms on the other. It features a flat, brass hilt of lobed shape with relieved border, decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs en suite with all other mounts. The grip is black, made of wood while the wooden scabbard comes with mounts decorated en suite.

Source: Copyright © 2014 Czerny’s International Auction House S.R.L.

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Kung Fu Dao - Chinese Broadsword - Boulder Internal Arts

Dao - Broadsword

Dated: late 19th century

Culture: Chinese

Measurements: overall length 74 cm, blade 46.2 cm

Belonging to the late Qing Dynasty era, this sword features pierced and gilded brass mounts, with a grip and scabbard covered in polished rayskin. The broad, single-edged blade shows layered construction. Source: Copyright © 2014 Auction Flex

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Sword Seller

"This is a late 19th century stereoscopic image of a junk seller at a market place. Note the swords on the left side of the image. Cards like this were commonly bought and collected at the turn of the century. When looked at through a special viewer with a different lens for each eye, the customer could see a single three dimensional image."
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Killing the Enemy Broadsword

A very nice version of Bagua Master Fu Zhen Song's Killing Enemy Broadsword performed by his Grand daughter Fu Meilan 傅美蘭. The form was created for the Cantonese Army during WWII.