Lot 12 或唐及更晚 玉劍飾兩件、仿古紋玉璧、螭龍紋珮及佛獅紋牌 | TWO FITTINGS, AN ARCHAISTIC BI, A 'CHILONG' PENDANT AND A 'LION' PLAQUE

或唐及更晚 玉劍飾兩件、仿古紋玉璧、螭龍紋珮及佛獅紋牌 | TWO FITTINGS, AN ARCHAISTIC BI, A 'CHILONG' PENDANT AND A 'LION' PLAQUE

Probably Tang Dynasty and later

GBP 1,200

GBP 1200 - 1500

未知

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Probably Tang Dynasty and later
Comprising one bi disc, of pale green tone with russet patches, carved on one side with raised concentric bosses, the other side with curvilinear designs, 4.5cm (1 3/4in) wide; another large disc of pale greyish-white tone with dark patches, carved and pierced as a curled mythical beast, 6.3cm (2 1/2in) wide; a rectangular plaque, the stone of mottled green and russet tone, carved on the front with a winged mythical beast, 4.7cm (1 7/8in) wide; and a tri-lobed fitting issuing three tubes, the stone of pale green tone with chestnut-brown patches, 4cm (1 1/2in) wide; and another fitting with three rectangular flanges issuing from a large raised dome, the stone of pale green tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) wide. (5).
Footnotes
或唐及更晚 玉劍飾兩件、仿古紋玉璧、螭龍紋珮及佛獅紋牌
Compare the rectangular mythical beast jade plaque with a related jade belt plaque carved with a lion, Tang dynasty, in the collection of Hebei Province Folklore Museum, illustrated in Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections (中國傳世玉器全集), vol.2, Beijing, 2010, p.162.
Compare the fitting with three rectangular flanges with a similar jade harness fitting, Jin dynasty, in the collection of the Tianjin Museum, illustrated in Jade Wares Collected by Tianjin Museum (天津博物館藏玉), Tianjin, 2012, pl.151, p.169.