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A SUPERB WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’
SWORD SLIDE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The sword slide is carved in high relief with a larger chilong dragon
with a bifurcated tail clambering towards its cub at the top. The
stone is of an even, translucent white tone with a soft polish.
4æ in. (12 cm.) long, box

HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-65,000
P R O V E N AN C E
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1987

Compare to two very similar jade slides, also carved in high
relief with a chilong dragon and its cub, found in the tomb of
the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, illustrated
in Splendid Finds: The Archaeological Excavations at the Royal
Cemetery of Haihunhou Kingdom in Han Dynasty, Jiangxi, 2016,
p. 147 (fig. 1).

西漢 白玉子母螭紋劍璏

來源
養德堂舊藏，1987年購於澳門

江西南昌海昏侯墓出土兩件紋飾及風格均相似的高浮雕玉子母螭
紋劍璏，可資參考，見《五色炫曜：南昌漢代海昏侯國考古成果》，
江西，2016年，頁147（圖一）。

another view
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fig. 1
圖一

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