A FINELY CARVED JADE ‘THREE GUARDIANS’ SCABBARD SLIDE
A FINELY CARVED JADE ‘THREE GUARDIANS’ SCABBARD SLIDE

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A FINELY CARVED JADE ‘THREE GUARDIANS’ SCABBARD SLIDE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The slide is carved in high relief with three of the ‘Guardians of Four Directions’- the Blue Dragon in the centre, with a bifurcated tail, confronted by the Red Bird and White Tiger.
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) long, box
来源
Acquired from Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei, prior to 1999

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Stephenie Tsoi
Stephenie Tsoi

拍品专文

The present scabbard slide, superbly carved in high relief depicting the three ‘Guardians of Directions’, displays remarkable detail and exudes great vigour, exemplifying the mastery of Han-dynasty jade carvers. A very similar scabbard slide dating to early Han dynasty, though only with two dragons, was excavated in Hongtushan, Shandong, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji -9- yuqi, Beijing, 1986, pl. 176 (fig. 1). On this example, features similar to those of the present slide can be observed, such as the grooves on the dragon’s tail and incised-line markings on the bodies. Similar high-relief dragons can also be found on a set of jade sword guard, pommel and chape excavated from the tomb of King Nanyue in Guangzhou, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji -4- Qin, Han and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pls. 78-82.

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