69cm (27in) long. See a similar bronze sword of similar size, Eastern Zhou or Han dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.164, no.65.

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The long tapering blade with bevelled edges and with a distinct median ridge decorated with a criss-cross lattice pattern, the hilt with two circular flanges below a circular, dished pommel. 54cm (21 ...