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Eastern Zhou/Han Dynasty and possibly later
Comprising: a scabbard slide with a slightly convex surface carved with curvilinear designs, the stone of pale white tone with grey and russet inclusions, 5.2cm (2in) wide; another one with a flat top carved with raised bosses interspersed with smaller bosses, the stone of pale green tone with russet patches, 5.2cm (2 1/8in) wide; a scabbard chape of hollowed rectangular form, the top with raised bosses, the stone of pale green tone with russet striations, 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide; a chape of slightly convex form with two raised 'bow-strings', the stone of pale green tone with russet patches, 5.3cm (2 1/8in) wide; another chape with flat top carved with C-scrolls, the stone of pale green tone with dark-brown patches, 5.5cm (2 1/4in) wide; another chape of dark black tone, the flat top with bosses, 4cm (1 1/2in) wide; and the smallest chape carved on the top with grooves and ridges, the stone of creamy pale green tone with light russet-brown patches, 3cm (1 1/8in) wide. (7).
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東周/漢代或其後 玉劍璏 一組七件
Compare with two jade scabbard slides decorated with raised bosses of 'grain' pattern, Western Han dynasty: one excavated from tomb no.17 at Xihuhuchang in Hanjiang, Jiangsu Province, now in Yangzhou Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (中國出土文物全集), vol.7, Beijing, 2010, p.87; the other, of larger size, from the tomb of the King of Nanyue at Xianggang in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, illustrated in ., vol.11, p.161.
Compare with two jade scabbard slides, Han dynasty, which were sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 43. See also a group of five jade rectangular scabbard slides, Han to Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 225.