AN IMPERIAL CELADON JADE DAGGER AND GILT-BRONZE SCABBARD QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the straight metal blade tapering to a curved pointed tip, engraved on each side with a dragon leaping from waves in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', the pale celadon jade handle mounted at each end with gilt-bronze brackets inlaid with bands of ruby-coloured glass-paste squares and an eight-petalled floret on the pommel, the gilt-bronze scabbard pierced with an arabesque, all between bands of square glass-paste, bound with a ringed dragon-head fastener and a glass-paste floret on the locket, the chape similarly decorated with an eight-petalled floret at the terminal

Collection of Don Manuel de Sousa e Holstein Beck, Conde da Póvoa, Portugal.

Apart from some minor chips to the glass paste with a few possibly later replaced and light tarnishing on the blade, the overall condition is quite good. The actual colour of the jade handle is a slightly more celadon and the gilt bronze scabbard is of a warmer yellow tone compared to the catalogue illustration.
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