CHINE ou INDOCHINE, fin du XIXème ou début du XXème siècle Small sword. Brass frame decorated with foliage, stylized ideograms and bats. Grooved brown wood spindle. Blade with two edges and median edge. Scabbard sheathed in green tinted sea turtle shell (Chelonioidea spp) (pre Convention) with three brass fittings, decorated in continuation of the frame. Blade length: 41 cm approximately - Total length: 56.5 cm. Cracks and holes at the spindle; some oxidation at the blade; eats, accidents and lacks at the scale. Specimens in tortoiseshell of marine turtle Chelonioidea spp (I/A) pre-Convention, prior to June 1, 1947 and therefore in conformity with the EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc. For a possible export, it will be up to the future buyer to inquire - prior to any purchase - with the customs of the country concerned, particularly if it is the United States. For an exit from the European Union, a CITES re-export will be necessary, this one being at the charge of the future buyer.