National Museum of History (NMH)

Name: Sword with gold hilt

Number: h0000382

Level: National Treasure

Size: Length:30.5cm

The sword was recorded as a dagger when it was found in Lioulige, Huei county, Henan. Later the archaeologists discovered the sword before the time of Western Zhou are rather short, hence they renamed this as a sword. Dagger did not appear in the history until the Warring States period. This sword’s hilt is round hollowed and decorated with swirls. The end of the hilt is a round ring, with relief of two-bodied dragon pattern. The hilt and the blade is connected with convexes of animal faces. Though it is heavily rusted. One can still see clearly a convex of the sword spine stretch right to the end.

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"Inlaid Turquoise gold inlaid hook"

嵌綠松石錯金帶鉤

ID 84-00565

Age Warring States

Right Authorized

Type Crown Jewels

Size Length：10.5cm

Gold and silver inlaid jade and blue stone with hook

金銀鑲嵌玉及藍色石帶鉤

ID 89-00150

Age Western Han

Right Authorized

Type Crown Jewels

Size Length：14cm

Dagger, Bronze with gold handle

ID h0000382

Age Spring and Autumn

Right Authorized

Type Annual Highlights

Size Sword handle 10.7cm sword body 22.6cm

Collections Information Retrieval

金鳳紋帶飾組

Golden Phoenix Pattern Band Ornament Group

*Accession number: 99-00002

*Year: Liao Dynasty

*Type: Group gold

*Size (CM): Length 8.5-4 Width 3.5

*Description of cultural relics: "Golden Phoenix Pattern Belt Decoration Group" (collection number 99-00002) in the National Museum of History, 8.5-4 cm in length and 3.5 cm in width, a group of 11 pieces, the museum was collected in 2010. This cultural relic is a belt decoration, all components are gold, and the main decorations are phoenix pattern and branch and leaf pattern, which are expressed in relief. The square belt decoration is mainly phoenix pattern, and the drop-shaped belt decoration is mainly branch and leaf pattern. The relief method is for the sculptor to carve the image he wants to shape on a flat plate, so that the carving is separated from the plane of the raw material. Common materials used are stone, wood, ivory and metal.

雕金鹿紋帶飾組

Gold deer belt decoration Group

*Registration number: 98-00086

*Liao Dynasty

*Category: Group Gold

*Size (CM): tail length 7, width 2.7

*This is a gold medallion in the front of the National Museum of art, which is divided into two groups: one is the gold medallion, the other is the long belt, and the other is the gold medallion The material and form of relief sculpture can highlight personal taste and social status. After carving the image on a flat plate, the sculptor can separate the sculpture from the plane of raw materials. The commonly used materials include stone, wood, ivory and metal, which are generally divided into shallow relief, high relief and intaglio.

鎏金佛

Gilded Buddha

*Registration number: 100-00058

*Time: Late Northern Dynasty

*Category: Group Gold

*Size (CM): length 3.7, height 10.6

*Description: the gilded Buddha (collection number 100-00058) is 3.5 cm long and 12 cm high. It is a product of the late Northern Dynasty. It was put into the collection in 2011. It was made by gilding, with a double-layer square base under it. Standing on the base, it has a simple shape. The gilded Buddha statue is mostly made of copper or bronze, and its surface is gilded with gold and movable, With the development of technology, Buddhist statues are also very artistic. Gilding, also known as yellow coating, gold coating and fire gold plating, is a metal processing technology. Gold and mercury are mixed as raw materials, and a layer of gold layer is added to the metal surface to increase the ornamental effect of metal objects.