Red agate dagger scabbard slideWestern Han

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Manager ID

454

Title

Red agate dagger scabbard slideWestern Han dynasty

Short title

Red agate dagger scabbard slideWestern Han

Record number

BATEA : 449

Simple name

scabbard slide

Classified name

stone; jade; dagger; Han; scabbard; weapon; agate; scholar's studio; China; red;

Description

Description part summary

Blood red spotted brown and clear agate dagger scabbard slide, the top arched lengthwise with three plain bands of approximately equal width, the outer bands concave, the inner band convex, a pendulant rectangular section of greyish white agate extending below the central section of the fitting which would have been inserted into a rectangular recess in the sheath or scabbard of the dagger and bound in there, the belt or baldric would have gone through the fitting to ensure that it was available for immediate use.

Description material

agate

Description condition

fair, some degeneration of the pendulant section of the slide

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	blood red
decoration

Description length

5 cm

Description height

2 cm

Description diameter

Description width

2.5 cm

Description depth

Description inscription

Description notes

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