A Jade Pommel Warring States Period / Han Dynasty

of circular section, the domed centre incised with a whorl motif, surrounded by a field of raised comma spirals, the underside with a circular channel for attachment, the partly calcified stone of a pale yellowish colour mottled with white and russet inclusions

A closely related jade pommel, from the collection of J.T. Tai & Co., sold at Christie's New York, 16th September 2010, lot 984.