HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD)

Details

A RUSSET AND CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' SCABBARD SLIDE
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD)
The slide is carved to one end with a phoenix and further decorated to the surface with a scrolling cloud motif. The well-polished stone is of a pale grey tone with russet inclusions.
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.), long

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994

Brought to you by

Sibley Ngai

sngai@christies.com +852 2978 9955

Lot Essay

Compare to a very similarly decorated white jade slide dating to the Han dynasty, but with a chilong at one end instead of a phoenix, in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Jadeware (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 181 (fig. 1).

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