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Craig Peters
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 Posted: Mon 03 Sep, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject: Arms & Armour of the First Emperor of China (Photo Heavy |
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The Hong Kong Museum of History is holding a special exhibition, entitled "The Majesty of All Under Heaven: The Eternal Realm of China's First Emperor". On display are many artifacts, all dating from the Qin Dynasty, including some of the world famous statues from the Terracota Army. I toured the exhibition recently, and took photos of the arms and armour on display, which I thought I would share for the benefit of those interested in oriental arms and armour.
Chinese polearm head and spear head
First sword. It has a hexagonal cross section.
Close up of the sword point
Close up of the strong of the blade
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Craig Peters
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| Posted: Mon 03 Sep, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Reconstruction of ceremonial stone armour
Detail: reconstruction of ceremonial stone armour
Antique stone armour
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Craig Peters
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| Posted: Mon 03 Sep, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Skull of a man slain by an arrow. If you look behind his jaw, you can see the arrowhead portruding
Bronze dagger
Second sword. It appears to be of octagonal cross-section
Contemporary bronze model of a crossbow
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Craig Peters
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If anyone is interested, I have a few other photos that I have not posted here, such as bronze arrowheads, Chinese "mace" heads, and the ceremonial stone helmet that goes with the armour, among other things.
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William P
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id be interested,
im also curious if there are any items identified as belonging to the 'meteor hammer', which was a fist sized metal ball on a long rope said to have been invented around the same time.
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Craig Peters
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| Posted: Tue 04 Sep, 2012 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| William P wrote: | id be interested,
im also curious if there are any items identified as belonging to the 'meteor hammer', which was a fist sized metal ball on a long rope said to have been invented around the same time. |
I didn't see anything like that William. As far as I know, they did not have any on display.
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Craig Peters
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| Posted: Tue 04 Sep, 2012 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Reconstruction of a ceremonial stone helmet:
The "mace" heads
Bronze crossbow bolts
Bronze tool knife
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Mart Shearer
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I gather from your quotation marks that you also suspect the mace heads might have been mis-identified?
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Craig Peters
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Either that, or my memory of what was written on the plaque is inaccurate. ;-)
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This is a standard topic