Chinese Sword Stands

[Scott M. Rodell]

Antique Chinese sword stands & weapons racks in general are fairly rare. Over the years I've only found a few sword stands, which are essential table screens with hooks on them for the weapons to hang horizontally. But I came across this painting of (I believe) Dorgon with a jian in a stand by his side at http://club.china.com/data/thread/56881 ... 4/8_1.html.

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[taiwandeutscher]

Well, I got a stand with a heavy wooden basis plate, a one-arm vertical beam, with a claw-like hand to hold the vertical sword, which has to be in it's scabbard. Horicontal stands also offer the possibility to show the blade, which is nice, too, isn't it?

[Scott M. Rodell]

Here's one example of the most common style of Chinese Sword Stand, called a Daojiazi in Mandarin. We sold this one thru Seven Stars Trading a couple of years back.

[Scott M. Rodell]

From theis side view of the above daojiazi (Sword Stand) you can see how they are typically designed to hold swords on both their front & back sides. Everyone that I have seen has also hade the "Wu" character in the center.

[Scott M. Rodell]

... a stand with a heavy wooden basis plate, a one-arm vertical beam, with a claw-like hand to hold the vertical sword, which has to be in it's scabbard...

This sounds like a version of Japanese katana stands that are designed to hold swords vertically, what do you think?

[Chris Lampe]

I really like the vertical style sword stand and when I finally get around to having my custom jian made I'm going to display it in that style stand.

[Scott M. Rodell]

Most of the stands I've seen are about 31" (79 cm.) tall and 18" (46 cm.) wide. All are quite ornate & made as quality pieces of furniture.

[Scott M. Rodell]

Here's an interesting variant on a Chinese sword stand that holds the sword vertically-