CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Yān. Circa 600-400 BC. Æ Needle Tip Knife (144x19mm, 11.52 g) (144x19mm, 6.73 g). Ji in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. BN Chinoises I –; Hartill 4.10. Green patina, some roughness. VF.
From the Elmer H. Frantz Collection.