CHINA bronze bead string circa 1000 BC – 200 AD
$95.00
CHINA, ZHOU-HAN period, bead string, circa 1000 BC – 200 AD, bronze, 20-30mm long, average 7mm diameter, string is about 650mm long, total weight 109.5g, I was told they are from Ordos, 25 pieces, some have flaws, F-VF
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Description
3 different types: tubes with belly in middle and corded decoration, small tubes with thin circular segments, larger tubes with thicker circular segments, and an open walled bell.
China is like the world: it has everything in it. The current evidence shows that there were people “everywhere” by about 12,000 years ago. In China they started writing stuff down about 5000 years ago, roughly the same time as Egypt and Sumer. The Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations are gone, but China is still here.
Over the decades I’ve been selling collectibles my market has been about 97% coins, 2% paper money, 1% everything else.
