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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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A YELLOW JADE SCABBARD CHAPE, A SCABBARD GUARD AND
A SCABBARD SLIDE
LATE EASTERN ZHOU-HAN DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY BC - 1ST
CENTURY A.D.
The chape is well carved to each side with angular scrolls and drilled to one 貴族私人珍藏
end for attachement to the bottom of the scabbard, the stone is of a greyish-
yellow tone with areas of alteration. The guard is carved to one side with a 東周/漢 黃玉劍珌, 劍套及劍璲一組三件
taotie mask and angular scrolls to the other side, the jade is of a yellow tone 來源:
with areas of russet. The rectangular-shaped slide with curved ends is carved von Oertzen男爵伉儷舊藏, 南非, 約翰內斯堡, 於1969年前購入
with a taotie mask below angular scrolls, the stone is of a greenish-brown tone 倫敦佳士得, 2008年11月4日, 拍品121號
with feather-like russet markings.
The slide: 3 3/4 in. (9.3cm.) long (3) 出版:
S. Howard Hansford,《Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams》約翰內斯堡, 1969年, 84頁,圖版B44
£15,000-20,000 US$20,000-26,000 、88頁,圖版B51及96頁,圖版C6
€17,000-22,000
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South
Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 121.
Property from a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969,
p.84, no. B44; p.88, no. B51 and p.96, no. C6.

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