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WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
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A SET OF THREE JADE ‘CLOUD’ FITTINGS AND A JADE SCABBARD CHAPE
WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
The set is comprised of a sword guard well carved on one side with cloud-form scrolls, and a sword slide decorated to the surface with ruyi-form scrolls. The third fitting is a pommel carved on top in high relief with ruyi-scrolls encircled by a band of comma spirals. The final fitting is a chape of trapezoidal shape, carved to both sides to depict a stylised dragon.
Sword pommel: 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.
Sword guard: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) wide
Scabbard slide: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
Scabbard chape: 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) side (4)
WARRING STATES PERIOD-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
The set is comprised of a sword guard well carved on one side with cloud-form scrolls, and a sword slide decorated to the surface with ruyi-form scrolls. The third fitting is a pommel carved on top in high relief with ruyi-scrolls encircled by a band of comma spirals. The final fitting is a chape of trapezoidal shape, carved to both sides to depict a stylised dragon.
Sword pommel: 2 in. (5 cm.) diam.
Sword guard: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) wide
Scabbard slide: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
Scabbard chape: 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) side (4)
Provenance
Acquired from Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei, prior to 1994
Brought to you by
Priscilla Kong