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A RARE ARCHAIC BEIGE JADE SWORD GUARD
Western Han Dynasty
Of lozenge section, carved on both sides with stylised taotie masks,
a small section of the iron blade remaining, the stone of warm amber-
honey tone.
5cm (2in) long.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西漢 玉劍格

Provenance: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964
Dr Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), acc.no.J842, acquired from the
above in 1964
Christie’s New York, 16 September 2010, lot 972 (part lot)

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2011, no.77.

來源：紐約古董商戴潤齋
亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987）舊藏，編號J842，於1964年購自
上者
紐約佳士得，2010年9月16日，拍品編號972（部分） 424

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，
編號77

See a very similar jade sword guard, Han dynasty, illustrated by
J.C.S.Lin, The Immortal Stone: Chinese Jades from the Neolithic
period to the twentieth century, Cambridge, 2009, p.45, no.32.

426
A RARE ARCHAIC JADE CARVING OF A BIRD
Western Zhou Dynasty
Of flattened stylised form, with an aperture drilled at the breast, 4cm
(1 1/2in) long; together with a calcified jade carving of a cicada, Han
dynasty, 6cm (3 3/8in) long; and a green and russet jade chape,
Warring States period, 4.7cm (1 3/4in) wide. (3).
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西周 玉鳥 及 漢 雞骨白玉蟬、戰國 玉劍珌 一組三件
425
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2008, no.66. (cicada)
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，
編號66（玉蟬）

See a similar jade cormorant pendant, Western Zhou dynasty,
illustrated by J.Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle
Art Museum, 1989, p.36, no.12; another example of an arcaic jade
bird is illustrated by J.Rawson and J.Ayers, Chinese Jade throughout
the ages, OCS, 1975, no.68, from the collection of His late Majesty
King Gustaf VI Adolf, and now in the Museum of Far Eastern
Antiquities, Stockholm; another example illustrated by S.Howard
Hansford, Jade: Essence of hills and streams, The Von Oertzen
Collection of Chinese and Indian Jades, London, 1969, A101; another
example illustrated by J.F.So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art
Museums, Cambridge MA, 2019, no.21A; and another example of
a jade bird, Western Zhou dynasty, is illustrated in the The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware 1, Hong
Kong, 1995, nos.89-90.

See a similar jade carving of a bird, Western Zhou dynasty, which was
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2755. 426

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