Lot 184: A WHITE JADE SWORD GUARD Style of Han Dynasty

A WHITE JADE SWORD GUARD

Style of Han Dynasty

Finely carved in high relief with a
chi dragon on one side and mirrored geometric pattern on the other side, the stone tinted russet to enhance the design.


2 5/8in (6.7cm) wide

仿漢 白玉褐斑劍格



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Gift of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present




來源：

佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence and Herbert Irving）贈，2015 年

大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今



For examples of the Western Han prototype, see two white jade sword guards carved with a
chilong in high relief on one side and a
taotie mask in low relief on the reverse, from Xiashan, Yongcheng, Henan province and now in the Henan Provincial Museum, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Vol. 5, Beijing, 2005, nos.219 and 220.

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