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HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Day
A jade 'chilong and clouds' scabbard slide, Han dynasty | 漢 玉螭龍紋劍璏
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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A jade 'chilong and clouds' scabbard slide,
Han dynasty
漢 玉螭龍紋劍璏
the flat top crisply carved in relief with a chilong with angular facial features, in stark contrast with its sinuous body writhing through swirling clouds, the muscular limbs emitting flame wisps and terminating in sharp claws, the stone of a translucent yellowish celadon tone with areas of calcification
7.7 by 2.2 by 1 cm
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 3rd March 1986.
嘉藝工藝品有限公司，香港，1986年3月3日
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 21:16.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版21:16
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
大英博物館，倫敦，借展，1995年