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A GREEN JADE DAGGER WITH GILT-BRONZE 漢 鎏金銅銜尾鳳鳥柄玉刀
‘PHOENIX’ HILT
HAN DYNASTY 來源：
藍捷理，紐約，1999年
the dagger worked from a translucent green stone and
rendered with fine grooves and ridges on both sides, framed
by a crisp outline, below a gilt-bronze pommel skilfully cast
to depict a ferocious bird with a stylised elongated body
terminating in an incurved tail
jade 20.9 cm, 8¼ in.
overall 28.5 cm, 11¼ in.
PROVENANCE
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1999.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,500-90,500

This fine green jade blade, decorated with subtle ridges,
is complemented by a gilt-bronze ring pommel, which is
remarkable for the dynamic representation of the graceful,
yet ferocious bird. A closely related gilt-bronze sword hilt
with a ring pommel, modelled in the form of a coiled dragon
biting its own tail, is in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art,
Washington D.C., no. F1916.484a-b (fig. 1).

fig. 1
A gilt- and inlaid-decorated sword hilt with a ring pommel in the form of a
coiled dragon, Han dynasty, gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art,
Washington D.C.
圖一
漢 鎏金錯金銅龍紋劍首 Charles Lang Freer 惠贈
華盛頓弗利爾美術館

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