Lot 109: FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE SWORD AND SCABBARD DECORATIONS Late Qing Dynasty

FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE SWORD AND SCABBARD DECORATIONS

Late Qing Dynasty

Comprising a scabbard slide carved in Han style with raised bosses on the upper surface with a 'tiger' face on one end, the underside carved with the rectangular slide opening, the pale green stone stained black in areas; a sword guard decorated in low relief densely organized bosses within line borders, the gray stone stained black in areas; a scabbard ornament decorated with densely organized bosses on the upper side, the underside carved with rectangular opening for sliding, the pale celadon stone stained black in areas; a small sword guard decorated in low relief
ruyi scrolls withing line borders, the yellow stone stained brown in areas; a scabbard chape decorated on each side with an incised
taotie mask within line borders on each side, the pale stone stained brown in areas. (5)


Scabbard slide: 3 1/16in (7.8cm) wide;
Sword guard: 3in (7.6cm) wide;
Scabbard ornament: 2 5/16in (5.9cm) wide;
Small sword guard: 2in (5cm) wide;
Scabbard chape: 1 9/16in (4cm) wide

清末 仿古玉格 玉珌 共五件



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




Provenance:

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1916

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-present




來源：

Samuel T. Peters 1916 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1916 年迄今



A jade scabbard slide similarly decorated with small neatly lined bosses is illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew,
Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 202, no. 212, described as early 20th century.



See also the jade scabbard slide densely lined with small bosses, illustrated by We Dacheng in
Guyu tukao, Shanghai, 1889, p. 114b, described as white jade with black pattern.

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