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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.
2æ in. (7 cm.) long, box
HK$200,000-260,000 US$26,000-33,000
PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 62

LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1995, pl. 62, pp. 178-179

detail
戰國 青玉龍鳳紋劍璏 細部
來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於 1995 年以前

展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏》，台北，1995 年，
圖版 62 號
著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏》，台北，1995 年，圖版 62 號，
頁 178-179

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