WARRING STATES PERIOD
Details
A GRAYISH-GREEN JADE SCABBARD CHAPE
Warring States Period
Of lenticular outline, the tapering sides carved in low relief with an angular scroll motif within a linear border, with a cylindrical aperture on the underside for attachment, the gray-green stone now extensively altered to an opaque buff color; together with a small buff-white jade figural bead, Tang dynasty, carved as a foreigner with curly beard and long hair bound by a fillet standing holding a cat in his arms, wearing loop earrings and a long cloak over his robes, perforated with a narrow vertical channel
2 1/8 and 2in. (5.4 and 5.1cm.) long, boxes (2)
Warring States Period
Of lenticular outline, the tapering sides carved in low relief with an angular scroll motif within a linear border, with a cylindrical aperture on the underside for attachment, the gray-green stone now extensively altered to an opaque buff color; together with a small buff-white jade figural bead, Tang dynasty, carved as a foreigner with curly beard and long hair bound by a fillet standing holding a cat in his arms, wearing loop earrings and a long cloak over his robes, perforated with a narrow vertical channel
2 1/8 and 2in. (5.4 and 5.1cm.) long, boxes (2)
Provenance
Chape: Charlotte B. McKim, Palm Beach, Florida
Exhibited
Chape: Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery of Art, Chinese Archaic Jades, January 20 - March 1, 1950, pl. XXI, no. 4
Sale room notice
The second jade in this lot should be dated Tang/Yuan