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A jade sword pommel, Han dynasty | 漢 玉劍首

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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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A jade sword pommel, Han dynasty

漢 玉劍首


carved from dark grey jade, with two writing feline dragons on the upper surface, the underside bevelled and with a raised circular section

Diameter 5.9 cm, 2⅜in.

Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 14th February 1987.


嘉藝工藝品有限公司,香港,1987年2月14日

Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 21:6.


羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》, 倫敦,1995年,圖版21:6