J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
86.
AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD POMMEL (SHOU)
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
with thick walls, carved in relief with linked comma spiral motifs in a lively crowded pattern filling the straight sides and platform top, the underside partially hollowed and drilled near the base for attachment, the stone of rust brown color shading to tan.
Height 1 3⁄4 inches (4.4 cm)
Compare the jade sword pommel of more complex notched form similarly decorated with a dense pattern of linked comma spirals discovered in a late Spring and Autumn period burial at Liuhe Chengqiao, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 3, Shijiazhuang, 1993, p. 55, no. 91.
東周 玉劍首 高4.4厘米
