What is this ancient Chinese yue blade

Hi guys,

I’m new here and was wondering if you can help shed some light on some antique artifacts and painting I got that are really interesting. One I think is blade of some sort as it has on its tip a special marking where it would make contact with someone. Other is either painting or photograph of baby girl looks like a Mona Lisa baby picture but has is sitting on a chair with a all seeing eye and the white paint seems like code as none are the same?

 

The little girl seems to be sitting in a chair from the Craftsman Period - the 1st decade or two of the 20th C. It's likely a hand drawn and colored photo enlargement.

I suspect the blade is a modern thing based on archaic prototypes.

 

Hey thanks Izorizent your a real sleuth. I think your right about both although the baby pic is still intriguing as she is sitting on a Masonic throne chair and if it’s a photo wouldn’t it seem more real personish life like? Or did photos back then resemble paintings?

 

I can't remember the name of the technique, but essentially the artist would do a wall projection of a photo onto a piece of paper and then draw and color the image using the projection as a template. It's not unusual that this type of picture looks a little odd. I'm not seeing a Masonic throne, just a fancy chair for the time. I think the "all seeing eye" motif isn't that, it's just a coincidental bit of decoration. If it were Masonic and ceremonial, there would be a lot in the way of Masonic symbols.

 

If y’all wanna see a creepy stencil drawing, her eyes are other worldly!

 

Wish there was a way to post video!?

 

never touch these eyes..........

 

i don't know what this is really...but it looks like I'm looking down..on the back of a bull.
with a yin / yang surrounded by the heaven symbol..

 

I got this piece too anyone know the age I think it’s real but also been painted over maybe to disguise or destroy this piece back than.

 

see all those holes, bubbles, pot marks , on the base....
it's made of a resin , cast into this shape....sold as a tourist/decorator item....maybe from the 80's...but it could be newer...

( in the future...start a new thread for different items, as in a couple of weeks this item will get lost in a slew of newer posts and no one will ever find it again...specially since the title is Yue Blade.....)

just a hint.......