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A MUGHAL JADE-HILTED DAGGER
India, 18th/19th century
The jade hilt with curved foliate quillons, the rounded pommel with
scrolling leafy flower sprays, the jade of mottled creamy hue,
the steel blade set within a possibly later reticulated white metal
foliate-design sheath.
38.7cm (15 1/4in) long with the sheath. (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

十八/十九世紀 痕都斯坦式玉柄匕首

Compare with a related Mughal jade dagger hilt in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Exquisite Beauty: Islamic Jades, Taipei,
2007, p.117, no.139.

See also a related Mughal jade-hilted dagger, North India, 17th/18th
century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 22 October 2019, lot 184.

350
TWO WHITE JADE NAIL GUARDS
Late Qing Dynasty
Each of long curling form, exquisitely carved and pierced with one bat
among scrolling foliage with auspicious lingzhi, the stone of even pale-
white tone.
The longer, 7cm (2 3/4in) long. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000 350
清晚期 白玉鏤雕蝙蝠靈芝紋指甲套一對

Compare with a similar pair of pale green jade reticulated nail guards,
19th century, which were sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 May 2021,
lot 4.

351
TWO JADEITE AND ONE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
THUMB RINGS
Qing Dynasty
One ring with a flat square face with orange-russet tone, the rest of the
smoothly carved ring a pale green tone, 3.3cm (1 1/4in) wide; the two
jadeite rings smoothly carved, the smaller with purple and apple-green
patches, the largest with bright apple green and brown striations,
The larger 3.5cm (1 3/8in) diam. (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
清 翠玉扳指兩件 及青白玉留皮扳指 一組三件

Provenance: a distinguished Belgian private collection

來源：比利時顯赫私人收藏

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