A JADE SWORD POMMEL AND A JADE SWORD CHAPE

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A JADE SWORD POMMEL AND A JADE SWORD CHAPE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Comprised of a pommel carved with comma-spirals encircling a swirl roundel; and a chape carved with a taotie mask on each side.
Pommel: 1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) diam.; Chape: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1987

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