Antique Chinese Carved White Jade Sword Slide. Finely Carved With Sharp Detail And A Silky Soft Polish And Patina. Finely Carved C-Scroll Designs. 17th/18th Century. Approximately 4" Long x 1 1/8" Wide x 5/8" Deep. See Last Picture For Christie's Listing.
From Christie's New York:
Sale #2872 September 18-19, 2014 Lot #1220.
1220
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
ARCHAISTIC SCABBARD SLIDE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The rectangular slide curves under at the
ends, and is carved in low relief on the
front with a design of C-scrolls and dots. A
rectangular loop is on the reverse. The stone
is semi-translucent.
3√ in. (10 cm.) wide
$4,000-6,000
The slide is carved in the style of scabbard slides
of Han dynasty date, such as the example in
the British Museum illustrated by J. Rawson in
Chinese Jade: from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, p. 300, no. 21:12.
For A Similar Example:
Sotheby's Hong Kong Sale # October 8, 2013, Lot #3331: A LARGE WHITE JADE SCABBARD SLIDE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
with a rectangular arched top and a lug beneath, finely carved at one end with a taotie mask and studded in low relief with spiral bosses, the stone of a translucent, even milky-white tone subtly mottled with snowflake inclusions and light brown veins on the underside
12.6 cm., 5 in.
Estimate
60,000 — 80,000
HKD
7,738 - 10,317USD
LOT SOLD. 75,000 HKD (9,672 USD)
(Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
From Christie's New York:
Sale #2872 September 18-19, 2014 Lot #1220.
1220
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
ARCHAISTIC SCABBARD SLIDE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The rectangular slide curves under at the
ends, and is carved in low relief on the
front with a design of C-scrolls and dots. A
rectangular loop is on the reverse. The stone
is semi-translucent.
3√ in. (10 cm.) wide
$4,000-6,000
The slide is carved in the style of scabbard slides
of Han dynasty date, such as the example in
the British Museum illustrated by J. Rawson in
Chinese Jade: from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, p. 300, no. 21:12.
For A Similar Example:
Sotheby's Hong Kong Sale # October 8, 2013, Lot #3331: A LARGE WHITE JADE SCABBARD SLIDE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
with a rectangular arched top and a lug beneath, finely carved at one end with a taotie mask and studded in low relief with spiral bosses, the stone of a translucent, even milky-white tone subtly mottled with snowflake inclusions and light brown veins on the underside
12.6 cm., 5 in.
Estimate
60,000 — 80,000
HKD
7,738 - 10,317USD
LOT SOLD. 75,000 HKD (9,672 USD)
(Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
