Two jade 'mask' scabbard chapes, Late Warring States period - early Western Han dynasty | 戰國晚期至西漢早期 變體獸面紋玉劍珌兩件

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994-2002.

1994至2002年購於香港

The pattern of stylised beast masks with sharp corners and edges was found on objects dated to the Warring States period, see one example related to the bigger scabbard chape in the present lot, with similar size, proportion, and decorative pattern, illustrated in Liu Yunhui ed., Shaanxi Chutu Dongzhou Yuqi [Eastern Zhou Dynasty Jades Unearthed in Shaanxi], Beijing, 2006, p. 218, pl. GW38.

青玉質，皆有鈣化，束腰梯形，截面呈紡錐形，頂部鑽孔，前後面正中緩凸，兩邊收薄，正反面皆雙鉤陰線攢框，鏟地砣碾幾何形獸面，起伏有致。

此類變體獸面紋，轉折方棱，棱角分明，戰國已有所見，如陝西旬邑縣戰國秦墓出土一件玉劍珌，尺寸、體例、紋樣與本組較大者頗似，見劉雲輝編，《陝西出土東周玉器》，北京，2006年，頁218，圖版GW38。