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A WHITE JADE SCABBARD SLIDE
Style of Warring States period
Finely decorated with two rows of ruyi scrolls and a taotie mask at one
end, the underside plain, with a rectangular opening for attachment.
4in (10.2cm) wide

$2,000 - 3,000
仿戰國 白玉劍璏

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Alice Boney (1901-1988), New York, 17 November 1986
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no.
142
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present

來源：
紐約古董商龐耐（Alice Boney, 1901-1988），1986 年 11 月 17 日
佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence
and Herbert Irving）舊藏，藏品編號 142
歐雲伉儷贈，2015 年
大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今
Compare with an archaistic white jade scabbard slide, 18th century,
which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 3 November 2021, lot 36.

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A WHITE JADE SWORD GUARD
Style of Han Dynasty
Finely carved in high relief with a chi dragon on one side and mirrored
geometric pattern on the other side, the stone tinted russet to enhance
the design.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) wide
$2,000 - 3,000

仿漢 白玉褐斑劍格

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Provenance:
Gift of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present

來源：
佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence
and Herbert Irving）贈，2015 年
大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今
For examples of the Western Han prototype, see two white jade sword
guards carved with a chilong in high relief on one side and a taotie
mask in low relief on the reverse, from Xiashan, Yongcheng, Henan
province and now in the Henan Provincial Museum, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Vol. 5, Beijing,
2005, nos.219 and 220.

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