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WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SCABBARD SLIDE
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The scabbard slide is of rectangular shape with a rectangular loop on the underside. The top is pierced and finely carved with a pair of coiling serpent-like juvenile dragons and a pair of phoenix. An animal mask motif is formed on one side.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long, box
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The scabbard slide is of rectangular shape with a rectangular loop on the underside. The top is pierced and finely carved with a pair of coiling serpent-like juvenile dragons and a pair of phoenix. An animal mask motif is formed on one side.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 62, pp. 178-179
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 62
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Priscilla Kong