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Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD POMMEL (SHOU)
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AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD POMMEL (SHOU)

Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.)

incised with bands of fine linear crosshatching on the top, the underside carved with linked pairs of comma-spiral motifs, the flat base drilled for attachment.

Diameter 1 1516 inches (4.9 cm)

Compare the jade sword pommel with similar incised design, excavated in 1999 at Shitangzhen, Banshan district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, illustrated by Li (ed.) in Hangzhou guyu (Ancient Jade of Hangzhou), Beijing, 2003, p. 74, no. 57.

戰國 玉劍首 徑4.9厘米

114.
AN ARCHAIC JADE SWORD POMMEL (SHOU)

Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.)

Diameter 1 1516 inches (4.9 cm)

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