Bidspirit auction | Chinese Straight Sword w/ Scabbard

Chinese Straight Sword w/ Scabbard - Decorative Chinese straight sword with double edged blade of delaminated steel and inset with seven pierced brass inset stars. Ricasso engraved with simplistic decoration of a leopard. Handle in cast and pierced brass, pained black wood handle and cast brass pommel. Brass mounts throughout with similar piercing and decoration of animals. Size 40 1/2” L, 28 1/2” L blade