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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. LEONARD AND MRS. ANN MARSAK
A GREYISH-GREEN JADE SCABBARD CHAPE
LATE EASTERN ZHOU/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
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A GREYISH-GREEN JADE SCABBARD CHAPE
LATE EASTERN ZHOU/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
Of lenticular section, the chape is carved on both sides with angular scrolls, and the smaller flat end is pierced with a central and two flanking holes for attachment to the bottom of the scabbard. There is extensive ivory-colored alteration to the pale greyish-green stone, which is finely polished.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) wide, stand
LATE EASTERN ZHOU/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
Of lenticular section, the chape is carved on both sides with angular scrolls, and the smaller flat end is pierced with a central and two flanking holes for attachment to the bottom of the scabbard. There is extensive ivory-colored alteration to the pale greyish-green stone, which is finely polished.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) wide, stand
Provenance
S. Bernstein & Co., Oriental Art, San Francisco, 1992.
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