Short Sword (Duan Jian)
Unknown Artist
ca. 4th–1st century BCE
Medium
Steel, bronze, gold
Dimensions
L. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6.5 oz. (637.9 g)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Eastern Central Asia
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1998
Accession Number
1998.418