A Chinese sabre with slightly curved watered steel blade,cut with one fuller on each side.The blade has an unusual feature, the back crafted with wave like pattern resembling a dragons back. Plain oval bronze guard. The grip is covered with original string binding. Plain bronze pommel and the base of the grip. The wooden scabbard is covered with black leather, bronze fittings some ornamented with images of flowers. Overall very good condition.
The decoration of the grip and the scabbard fittings are typical of the 19th century Chinese weapons. total 75 cm, blade 60.5 cm, 3.7 cm wide, scabbard 69.5 cm