AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL KNIFE SHEATH AND JADE-HANDLED KNIFE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL KNIFE SHEATH AND JADE-HANDLED KNIFE
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
The tapering sheath decorated on each side with a landscape scene within a shaped cartouche between scattered blossoms above and below, with gilt-metal borders cast with foliate scroll, the upper border with an attached suspension loop, the plain knife handle of pale greenish-white jade tapering to another gilt-metal border above the blade
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the cloisonné sheath of this type holding a set of eating implements illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 303.

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