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                                                                              A GROUP OF EIGHTEEN ARCHAISTIC
                                                                              JADE BI DISCS, SWORD FITTINGS AND
                                                                              CARVINGS
                                                                              Han Dynasty and later
                                                                              Variously of green, grey, russet and creamy
                                                                              tones, carved with chilong, pommel scrolls,
                                                                              grain, boss motifs and other archaistic
                                                                              designs, some discs left plain.
                                                                              The largest 7.3cm (2.7/8in) long. (18).
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                              HK$9,800 - 15,000
                                                                              CNY8,900 - 13,000
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
                                                                              Singapore, and thence by descent

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                                                                              A GROUP OF SEVEN JADE SWORD
                                                                              SLIDES AND FITTINGS
                                                                              Possibly Han Dynasty and later
                                                                              Comprising: three scabbard slides of
                                                                              rectangular section, variously decorated with
                                                                              bosses and c-scrolls; three sword slides of
                                                                              oval section, two with linear designs, one
                                                                              with chilong in shallow relief; and a grey
                                                                              jade sword guard of lozenge section with a
                                                                              shallow-relief chilong.
                                                                              Largest: 9.8cm (3 3/4in) long (7).
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
           46                                                                 HK$9,800 - 15,000
                                                                              CNY8,900 - 13,000
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
                                                                              Singapore, and thence by descent






























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