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LATE EASTERN ZHOU/HAN DYNASTY, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
Details
A Jade Sword Chape
Late Eastern Zhou/Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC
Of lenticular section, each side incised with large angular scrolls within a border incised with chevrons, the base drilled with a cylindrical aperture for attachment, the stone now opaque and of buff color from alteration during burial
2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) long
Falk Collection no. 504.
Late Eastern Zhou/Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC
Of lenticular section, each side incised with large angular scrolls within a border incised with chevrons, the base drilled with a cylindrical aperture for attachment, the stone now opaque and of buff color from alteration during burial
2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) long
Falk Collection no. 504.
Exhibited
Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Palo Alto, California, Stanford University Museum, 1958, no. 170.
Chinese Jade, Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 48.
Chinese Jade, Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 48.