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LATE EASTERN ZHOU-HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC - 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A YELLOW JADE SCABBARD CHAPE, A SCABBARD GUARD AND A SCABBARD SLIDE
LATE EASTERN ZHOU-HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC - 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The chape is well carved to each side with angular scrolls and drilled to one end for attachement to the bottom of the scabbard, the stone is of a greyish-yellow tone with areas of alteration. The guard is carved to one side with a taotie mask and angular scrolls to the other side, the jade is of a yellow tone with areas of russet. The rectangular-shaped slide with curved ends is carved with a taotie mask below angular scrolls, the stone is of a greenish-brown tone with feather-like russet markings.
The slide: 3 ¾ in. (9.3cm.) long
LATE EASTERN ZHOU-HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC - 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The chape is well carved to each side with angular scrolls and drilled to one end for attachement to the bottom of the scabbard, the stone is of a greyish-yellow tone with areas of alteration. The guard is carved to one side with a taotie mask and angular scrolls to the other side, the jade is of a yellow tone with areas of russet. The rectangular-shaped slide with curved ends is carved with a taotie mask below angular scrolls, the stone is of a greenish-brown tone with feather-like russet markings.
The slide: 3 ¾ in. (9.3cm.) long
Provenance
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 121.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 121.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Literature
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, p.84, no. B44; p.88, no. B51 and p.96, no. C6.
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