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FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE SWORD AND SCABBARD 來源：
DECORATIONS Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈
Late Qing Dynasty 大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今
Comprising a scabbard slide carved in Han style with raised bosses
on the upper surface with a ‘tiger’ face on one end, the underside A jade scabbard slide similarly decorated with small neatly lined
carved with the rectangular slide opening, the pale green stone stained bosses is illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, Chinese
black in areas; a sword guard decorated in low relief densely organized Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, From the Asian Art
bosses within line borders, the gray stone stained black in areas; a Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 202, no. 212,
scabbard ornament decorated with densely organized bosses on the described as early 20th century.
upper side, the underside carved with rectangular opening for sliding,
the pale celadon stone stained black in areas; a small sword guard See also the jade scabbard slide densely lined with small bosses,
decorated in low relief ruyi scrolls withing line borders, the yellow stone illustrated by We Dacheng in Guyu tukao, Shanghai, 1889, p. 114b,
stained brown in areas; a scabbard chape decorated on each side described as white jade with black pattern.
with an incised taotie mask within line borders on each side, the pale
stone stained brown in areas. (5)
Scabbard slide: 3 1/16in (7.8cm) wide;
Sword guard: 3in (7.6cm) wide;
Scabbard ornament: 2 5/16in (5.9cm) wide;
Small sword guard: 2in (5cm) wide;
Scabbard chape: 1 9/16in (4cm) wide
$1,500 - 2,500

清末 仿古玉格 玉珌 共五件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present

Wu Dacheng, Gu yu tu kao,
Shanghai, 1889, vol. II, p. 115b

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