**TWO CHINESE BRONZE SWORDS (JIAN), A SWORD HILT, ZHOU DYNASTY AND TWO HALBERD DAGGER-AXES (GE), ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES (1050-221 BC) in excavated condition, the first cast in one piece, with broad double-edged of flattened diamond section, moulded guard, and the grip with two raised bands (pommel missing); the second with tapering blade of flattened diamond section, moulded grip similar to the first, and later chiselled pommel; the third with near cylindrical grip formed with three raised slender bands, and elliptical pommel; the fourth and fifth of characteristic form, each pierced with rectangular slots, and the fifth decorated with a raised central ridge on each side of the head the first: 32.5 cm; 12 3/4 in blade (5) Provenance The first and the third: Sumner Healey, New York, 30th April 1929 The fifth: Sunglin, no. H301, sold Herbert J. Devine, New York, 14th May 1936 JWHA Inv. Nos. 238.9, 292, 238.31, 2318, 2325 Exhibited The first: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 23rd October-20th December 2007