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AN EMBELLISHED MUGHAL JADE-HILTED 十八世紀 痕都斯坦白玉嵌寶柄鎏金銅鞘匕首
KANDSHAR AND GILT-BRONZE SCABBARD
來源：
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
傳1854年德川幕府第十三代將軍德川家定（1824-1858
the celadon jade hilt of pistol-grip form terminating with a 年）贈予馬修．卡爾布萊斯．培理（1794-1858年），以
rounded pommel and scroll quillons, decorated with stylised
flowering stems of inlaid metal set with paste and hardstones, 慶祝日美簽訂《神奈川條約》
the curved gilt-bronze scabbard cast with stylised leafy floral
盒蓋刻文：
sprays inset with hardstones between gadrooned and floral
bands, all reserved on a punched ground, the narrow sides 岳襄勤公珤刀。
finely incised or punched with a floral scroll, set on the two 玉銘仁弟藏。鄊題。時戊戌冬至。
ends with jade chape and locket carved with foliate motifs,
fitted wood box with the cover inscribed with the title Yue
Xiangqin gong bao dao (‘Treasured dagger of Yue Xiangqin’),
followed by the inscription reading Yuming rendi cang, Qixiang
ti, shi wuxu dongzhi (‘In the collection of [my dear young
friend] Yuming; inscribed by Qixiang on the Winter Solstice of
the wuxu year’)
overall 40.5 cm, 16 in.

PROVENANCE
Gifted by the last Shogun Tokugawa Iesada (1824-1858) to
the Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) in
celebration of the Convention of Kanagawa, 1854, by repute.

HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000

190 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比