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42 The other pommel intricately decorated with scrolling pattern in relief
TWO JADE CIRCULAR SWORD POMMELS is particularly rare. This kind of scrolling pattern, also known as the
Warring States Period silkworm pattern, was an evolution of the ‘grain’ pattern and more
The first, carefully carved with evenly spaced spiral ‘grain’ bosses, typically seen on other types of sword fittings from the Spring and
encircling a central raised medallion incised with a whorl motif, the Autumn to the Warring States periods. See examples of a jade sword
underside with a circular channel at the centre drilled with two holes, scabbard slide and a sword guard, late Spring and Autumn period,
the stone of green tone with russet alterations, 4cm (1 1/2in) diam.; the excavated from the tomb of Zhaoqing at Jinsheng village in Taiyuan,
second, also with a domed medallion at the centre similarly decorated, Shanxi Province, illustrated by Gufang, The Pictorial Handbook of
surrounded by a border of elaborately carved silk-worm and cloud- Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.210.
scroll pattern in low relief, the underside pierced with a set of double
channels within a double ring, the opaque stone of a ‘chicken bone’ 戰國 玉劍首兩件
colour suffused with minor brown inclusions, 4.4cm (1 3/4in) diam. (2).

HK$30,000 - 50,000 來源：
US$3,900 - 6,400 香港張陶然先生舊藏，1978年（青玉劍首）
香港著名收藏家及「求知雅集」會員張鈴先生舊藏，1982年（鈣化
Provenance: 劍首）
Cheung Tao Yin, Hong Kong, 1978 (pale green jade pommel) 松竹堂收藏，編號50及52
Zhang Ling, member of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Hong
Kong, 1982 (calcified jade pommel) 出版及著錄：
The Songzhutang collection, nos.50 and 52 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版50
及52
Published and Illustrated:
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 兩件玉劍首。一件青玉質，局部受沁呈褐色，厚扁圓形，中央為圓形
Hong Kong, 2011, pls.50 and 52 微凸起，飾四朵卷雲紋，包圍陰刻網格紋，外圈浮雕榖紋，底部圓槽
內有牛鼻穿。另一件鈣化呈雞骨白，局部呈褐斑，劍首中央弧凸，飾
The decoration of a border of raised ‘grain’ pattern surrounding a 漩渦紋，器面浮雕細密臥蠶紋，背面為圓形雙凹槽，雕牛鼻穿。兩劍
medallion of whorl motif became part of a standardised repertoire 首雕刻精細，臥蠶紋劍首更為罕見，充滿動感，是戰國時期難得一見
for jade sword pommels during the Warring States period. Compare 的珍品。
three examples of such design, Warring States period, illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3 Spring and 這種漩渦榖紋的紋飾在戰國時代較為常見。北京故宮博物院藏三件戰
Autumn period and Warring States period, Beijing, 2011, pp.238-239, 國時期漩渦榖紋玉劍首可與本拍品作比較，見《故宮博物院藏品大
pls.258-260. See also a related example of a greyish-white jade sword 系：玉器編3：春秋戰國》，北京，2011年，頁238-239，圖版258-
pommel, Warring States period, illustrated by R.Keverne, ed., Jade, 260。也參考一件灰白玉劍首，著錄於R.Keverne，《Jade》，
London, 1991, p.103, fig.22. 倫敦，1991年，頁103，圖22。

另一件劍首以臥蠶紋飾於器表上，相仿之例寥寥無幾，可見其極其珍
罕。這類紋飾為春秋、戰國時期的裝飾紋飾，但更常見於其他類型的
劍飾上，參考山西省太原市金勝村趙卿墓出土春秋晚期一件玉劍璏及
一件玉劍珌，表面均飾臥蠶紋，見古方編，《中國古玉器圖典》，北
京，2007年，頁210。

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