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AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT-SILVER SHEATH
LIAO-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 907-1368)
The tapering, tubular sheath of oval section is finely decorated on
each side with oval panels: the bottom panels with mandarin ducks in
flight; the larger middle panels, of two different sizes, with writhing,
three-clawed dragons with ring-punched scales, two of them chasing
a flaming pearl, all on a wave ground; and the uppermost panels, which
are separated by a slit on one side, with phoenixes, all within borders of
fine, narrow petals and separated by bands of flower and foliate scroll.
Only the dragon panels have a wave ground, all of the others and the
narrow foliate bands have a fine ring-matted ground. The flat bottom
is engraved with two fish amidst waves. The upper section has a small
trefoil-shaped ring soldered to the side opposite the slit.
The sheath is lined.
8Ω in. (21.7 cm.) long, cloth box

$150,000-250,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

遼/元 銀鎏金龍鳳紋鞘
來源:
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。