A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' FINIAL; AN AGATE BAMBOO-SECTIONED TUBULAR BEAD; AND A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SWORD POMMELWarring States Period Comprising a cylindrical finial with scrolling motifs, attached to a jade phoenix, its upswept wings atop square-sectioned socket finial, the stone of pale green tone; an agate tubular bead with three raised bands, the highly-polished stone with attractive milky inclusions; and a jade sword pommel, the raised centre medallion carved with a whorl motif and surrounded by an outer field of scrolling patterns, the stone of pale green tone with extensive inclusions. The finial, 9cm (3 9/16in) high. (3).Footnotes戰國 玉飾兩件 及瑪瑙管形飾 一組三件 Provenance: Sotheby's London, 18 July 1994, lot 11 (the agate tubular bead) Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 20 December 2006 (the jade sword pommel) A distinguished English private collection 來源：倫敦蘇富比，1994年7月18日，拍品編號11（瑪瑙管形飾） 倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2006年12月20日（玉劍首） 英國顯赫私人收藏 The decoration of a border of raised 'grain' pattern surrounding a medallion of whorl motif became part of a standardised repertoire for jade sword pommels during the Warring States period. Compare three examples of such design, Warring States period, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3 Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, Beijing, 2011, pp.238-239, pls.258-260. See also a related example of a greyish-white jade sword pommel, Warring States period, illustrated by R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991, p.103, fig.22. See also a similar rare jade tube-shaped pendant, Late Warring States Period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2751.
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' FINIAL; AN AGATE BAMBOO-SECTIONED TUBULAR BEAD; AND A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SWORD POMMELWarring States Period Comprising a cylindrical finial with scrolling motifs, attached to a jade phoenix, its upswept wings atop square-sectioned socket finial, the stone of pale green tone; an agate tubular bead with three raised bands, the highly-polished stone with attractive milky inclusions; and a jade sword pommel, the raised centre medallion carved with a whorl motif and surrounded by an outer field of scrolling patterns, the stone of pale green tone with extensive inclusions. The finial, 9cm (3 9/16in) high. (3).Footnotes戰國 玉飾兩件 及瑪瑙管形飾 一組三件 Provenance: Sotheby's London, 18 July 1994, lot 11 (the agate tubular bead) Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 20 December 2006 (the jade sword pommel) A distinguished English private collection 來源：倫敦蘇富比，1994年7月18日，拍品編號11（瑪瑙管形飾） 倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2006年12月20日（玉劍首） 英國顯赫私人收藏 The decoration of a border of raised 'grain' pattern surrounding a medallion of whorl motif became part of a standardised repertoire for jade sword pommels during the Warring States period. Compare three examples of such design, Warring States period, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3 Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, Beijing, 2011, pp.238-239, pls.258-260. See also a related example of a greyish-white jade sword pommel, Warring States period, illustrated by R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991, p.103, fig.22. See also a similar rare jade tube-shaped pendant, Late Warring States Period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2751.
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