WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON’ SWORD CHAPE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The chape is shaped as a coiled dragon with its body morphing into a C-shaped scroll, the body decorated with bosses.
2 3/4 in. (6.8 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1998

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Lot Essay

Compare to a white jade sword chape reticulated with chilong dragons, unearthed from the tomb of King Chu from the Western Han dynasty, in Beidongshan, Xuzhou city, illustrated in Da Han Chu Wang: Xuzhou Xihan Chu Wang mu wenwu jicui, Beijing, 2005, p. 140 (fig. 1).

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