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A PALE GREEN JADE SCABBARD CHAPE
Han Dynasty
Of trapezoidal form, carved to each side with a
taotie mask issuing archaistic scrolls forming the
horns and beaks, the underside drilled with a set of
three holes for fastening, the stone of a pale green
tone with calcified areas.
5.6cm (2 1/4in) long

£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 130,000

漢 青白玉勾雲紋劍珌

A related jade sword chape, Han dynasty, is
illustrated by T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The
Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011,
pl.67; and was later sold at Bonhams Hong Kong,
30 May 2017, lot 46.

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A BLACK AND WHITE JADE CARVING OF
THE HEHE ERXIAN
17th century
Carved as a boy carrying a leafy sprig of lotus
around his back, standing beside another crouching
boy carrying a ruyi, the stone of opaque white tone
with brown and black patches.
6cm (2 3/8in) high.

£10,000 - 12,000
CNY89,000 - 110,000

十七世紀 墨白玉和合二仙把件

The Hehe Erxian, known as the Two Immortals of
Harmony and Unity, were often represented carrying
a lotus and a box, although the present lot is rare in
that one carries an auspicious ruyi sceptre instead.
The lotus (he 荷) is a homophone for the words for
togetherness (he 合) and harmony (he 和).

Compare with a larger green jade example of the
Hehe Erxian, carved in similar form, Qing dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Jade, 8, Beijing, 2011, p.283,
no.255.

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