Image: Warring States or Western Han crossbow

Description: A Chinese crossbow with a buttplate from either the late Warring States Period (3rd century BC) or the early Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD); made of bronze and inlaid with silver.
Title: Warring States or Western Han crossbow
Credit: Gary Lee Todd's site, Privately-owned Chinese artifacts
Author: Gary Lee Todd
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