J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
116.
AN ARCHAIC JADE SCABBARD CHAPE (BI)
Warring States Period, 4th-3rd Century B.C.
carved on the top, front and back with symmetrical arrangements of hooked angular scroll motifs in low relief accentuated with incised lines.
Height 2 1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm)
Compare the jade scabbard chape in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring Sates Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 160, no. 108.
戰國 玉劍珌 高6.4厘米
116.
AN ARCHAIC JADE SCABBARD CHAPE (BI)
Warring States Period, 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Height 2 1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm)