Circa 1200-800 BC A beautifully formed Chinese Warring States Period bronze socketed spear with nicely shaped, solid blade and conical socketed shaft for attaching to a piece of wood. The handle with blocked linear decoration and concentric circles. The military of Warring States region covers primarily to the military apparatuses of the seven Warring States who bought around 475 – 221 BC when the state of Qin conquered the other six regional states. Forming what we know today as China’s first imperial dynasty. The Qin Dynasty. Size: L:340mm / W:35mm ; 255g. Provenance: UK private collection of Asian Art; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.