J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
113.
AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD GUARD (GE)
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
carved on both sides with the eyes of a dragon at the center flanked by linked ‘C’ scrolls.
Length 2 3⁄16 inches (5.5 cm)
Compare the jade sword guard illustrated by Zhang, Shanghai bowuguan cangpin yanjiu daxi: Zhongguo gudai yuqi (Research series of the Shanghai Museum Collection: Ancient Chinese Jades), Shanghai, 2009, p. 164, no. 131.
漢 玉劍格 長5.5厘米
