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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT
COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
929
TWO WHITE JADE SWORD SLIDES
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The larger is carved in high relief with a
chilong with long, bifurcated tail; the smaller
is carved in relief with archaistic scrolls and at
one end with a taotie mask. The stone of each
sword slide is semi-translucent.
3¡ in. (4Ω cm.) long (2)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett Collection,
Atlanta, Georgia, acquired prior to 1971.
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art,
Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973
to September 1980.
十七/十八世紀 白玉劍璏兩件
929

PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT
COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
930
TWO SMALL WHITE JADE
ARCHAISTIC BI DISCS
MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY,
16TH-17TH CENTURY
Each is carved in high relief on one side with
a chilong crawling around the central hole
with a stem of lingzhi in its mouth, and each
has a feld of tiny bosses on the reverse. Each
is semi-translucent, the smaller of white
color with some opaque white mottling,
the larger with a very faint brown tinge
to the white color.
2º and 2¬ in. (5.8 and 6.8 cm.) diam. (2)
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett Collection,
Atlanta, Georgia, acquired prior to 1971.
930
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art,
Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973
to September 1980.
明/清初 十六世紀至十七世紀
白玉雕仿古螭龍紋璧兩件

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