A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SWORD SLIDE
A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SWORD SLIDE
A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SWORD SLIDE
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A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SWORD SLIDE

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ SWORD SLIDE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The sword slide is carved in high relief with a larger chilong dragon with a bifurcated tail clambering towards its cub at the top. The stone is of an even, translucent white tone with a soft polish.
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1987

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Compare to two very similar jade slides, also carved in high relief with a chilong dragon and its cub, unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, illustrated in Splendid Finds: The Archaeological Excavations at the Royal Cemetery of Haihunhou Kingdom in Han Dynasty, Jiangxi, 2016, p. 147 (fig. 1).

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