J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
114.
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 15⁄16 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
