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A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON’ SCABBARD CHAPE
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD)
The flat trapezoidal chape is carved to depict a dragon clambering on the top while
peering over the edge, with its sinuous body and long scrolling tail, falling on both sides of
the surface. The base is drilled with a hole for attachment.
2 º in. (6 cm.) wide, box
HK$300,000-500,000US$39,000-65,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
LITERATURE
Selected Fine Jades from Fengya-tang, Taipei, 2009, p. 177, no. 184
漢 白玉龍紋劍珌
來源
1998年購於香港
出版
《風雅精英》，台北，2009年，頁177，圖版184號
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