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A RUSSET AND CELADON JADE A YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE SWORD
‘PHOENIX’ SCABBARD SLIDE POMMEL

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD) WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

The slide is carved to one end with a phoenix and further The pommel is of tapering trapezoidal form with notched edges,
decorated to the surface with scrolling cloud motifs.The well- and carved on both sides with ruyi-form swirls.
polished stone is of a pale grey tone with russet inclusions. 2 in. (5 cm.) high, box
4 Ω in. (11.5 cm.) long
HK$180,000-250,000US$23,000-32,000
HK$180,000-250,000US$23,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994
Compare to a similar celadon jade pommel, dating to the late
Compare to a very similarly decorated white jade slide dating Warring States period, now in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated
to the Han dynasty, but with a chilong at one end instead of in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji 3 – Chunqiu, Zhanguo, Hebei, 1993, p.
a phoenix, in the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in 55, no. 91.
Jadeware (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 181 (fig. 1). 戰國 青玉如意雲紋劍首

漢 玉鳳紋劍 來源
1998 年購於香港
來源 南京博物院藏一件紋飾相似的青玉劍首，定年戰國晚期，見 1993 年
1994 年購於香港 河北出版《中國玉器全集 - 3 - 春秋戰國》，頁 55，圖版 91 號。

北京故宮博物院藏一件造型非常相似，但一端飾螭而非鳳的白玉劍 2709
璏，同樣定年漢代，見 1995 年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集
《玉器（上）》，圖版 181 號（圖一）。

A CALCIFIED JADE SCABBARD SLIDE

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

The slide with bevelled edges is well-carved to the top with a
scrolling cloud motif. The underside is carved with a rectangular
loop slide.
4 ¿ in. (10.5 cm.) long

HK$80,000-150,000US$11,000-19,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994

戰國 玉卷雲紋劍

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing 來源
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品 1994年購於香港

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