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FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE SWORD GUARDS
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising one carved with a chi dragon in high relief on one side, the
reverse finely decorated with taotie mask in low relief and incised lines,
the center with a slit opening, the pale celadon stone stained black in
areas; one guard of chevron shape with rounded corners, lightly incised
with scroll patterns, a circular perforation through the center, the stone
with degraded surface stained brown; one decorated with a chi dragon
within line borders and with scroll patterns on the reverse, the center
perforated, the celadon stone with russet inclusions; one decorated
with scroll panels and drilled through the center, the celadon stone with
russet brown to one end. (4)
2 1/16in to 2 5/16in (5.3cm to 5.9cm) wide
$1,500 - 2,500

清末 仿古劍格四件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present
來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今

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FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE AXE-SHAPED PENDANTS
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising two similar flat trapezoidal shape pendants, each tapering
to the cutting edge, pierced through with a small aperture towards the
narrow end, simply carved with a chi dragon; a flat oval pendant, largely
degraded to an uneven surface, the olive-green stone burnt black; a
‘hatchet head’ ornament of stylized form, the ‘blade’ tinted black; the
axe ornament following archaic bronze form and decorated with a
crouching tiger on top, drilled under the mythical beast for stringing, the
green stone stained black in areas. (5)
Two trapezoidal pendants: 3in (7.6cm) long each;
Oval pendant: 2in (5.1cm) long;
Hatchet: 1 3/8in (3.5cm) long;
Axe with tiger finial: 2 1/8in (5.4cm) long
$700 - 1,000

清末 仿古玉珮 鉞 斧 共五件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present

來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈
大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今
A similar axe-shaped pendant from the George Eumorfopoulos
Collection, donated to the British Museum in 1937, is illustrated on the
museum’s website, registration number 1937.0416.41, attributed as
Qing dynasty, 19th century.
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