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A FINE YELLOW JADE CIRCULAR SWORD POMMEL A FINE PALE-GREEN JADE CIRCULAR SWORD POMMEL
Warring States Period Warring States Period
Finely carved with a border of raised spiral ‘grain’ pattern, surrounding Skilfully carved with a band of raised comma spirals, encircling a
a slightly domed medallion incised with a whorl motif, all within a raised central medallion incised with a whorl motif, the underside with a
band at the edge, the underside with a circular channel at the centre, circular channel at the centre with three pierced holes, the softly
the stone of light greenish-yellow tone suffused with dark russet polished stone of greenish-yellow tone highlighted by an area of russet
inclusions predominantly to the underside. inclusion at the underside.
4cm (1 1/2in) diam. 4.5cm (1 3/4in) diam.

HK$20,000 - 30,000 HK$30,000 - 40,000
US$2,600 - 3,900 US$3,900 - 5,100

Provenance: Provenance:
Zhang Ling, member of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Hong Richard C. Bull and Josephine R. Bull, USA
Kong, 1982 Sotheby’s New York, 6 December 1983, lot 185
The Songzhutang collection, no.51 The Songzhutang collection, no.49

Published and Illustrated: Published and Illustrated:
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade,
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.51 Hong Kong, 2011, pl.49

The present lot embodies the characteristics of a jade sword pommel Please see footnote of lot 40.
of the Warring States period, and demonstrates a precise and delicate
carving technique evident in the treatment of the raised spiral bosses. 戰國 玉劍首
Compare three examples of similar design, Warring States period,
illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: 來源：
Jade 3 Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, Beijing, 美國Richard C. Bull與Josephine R. Bull伉儷舊藏
2011, pp.238-239, pls.258-260. See also a related example of a 紐約蘇富比，1983年12月6日，拍品編號185
greyish-white jade sword pommel, Warring States period, illustrated by 松竹堂收藏，編號49
R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991, p.103, fig.22.
出版及著錄：
戰國 玉劍首 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版49

來源： 請參閱拍品40號之腳註 。
香港著名收藏家及「求知雅集」會員張鈴先生舊藏，1982年
松竹堂收藏，編號51

出版及著錄：
霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版51

玉質黃色，局部受沁呈褐色。扁圓形，玉身頗厚，紋飾分內、外兩
區，劍首中部弧凸，上陰刻四朵卷雲紋，中間為陰刻網格紋。外區飾
精細榖紋，底部圓槽內兩處牛鼻穿，可嵌入劍。此劍首玉質瑩潤，雕
刻細膩，屬戰國時期上乘之作。北京故宮博物院藏三件戰國時期的玉
劍首，其裝飾紋飾與本拍品類似，同樣中間刻漩渦紋，四周浮雕榖
紋，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編3：春秋戰國》，北京，2011
年，頁238-239，圖版258-260。也參考一灰白玉劍首，著錄於
R.Keverne，《Jade》，倫敦，1991年，頁103，圖22。