Bicolor bronze sword- Hunan Museum
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Bicolor bronze sword
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Date:Warring States Period(ca.475-221BCE)
Medium:Bronze

Dimensions: Length: 54.2cm

Origin: Unearthed from Changsha, Hunan Province in 1952

It is called “bicolor sword”because of the oxidized ridge where less tin is used than in other part in order to make the sword more tough.