A VERY RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK SCABBARD SLIDE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
A VERY RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK SCABBARD SLIDE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8) The slide of unusual, irregular outline curves under at the ends, and is finely carved in rounded relief and in openwork in the center with a large chilong between two smaller chilong clambering at each end, one with the beak of a bird, the other crawling under the twisted tail of the larger chilong as it pushes against its rear leg. A rectangular loop (slide) is on the reverse. The semi-translucent stone is of even white tone, and there are traces of iron encrustation on the reverse. 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long, wood box
A VERY RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK SCABBARD SLIDE
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
A VERY RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK SCABBARD SLIDE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8) The slide of unusual, irregular outline curves under at the ends, and is finely carved in rounded relief and in openwork in the center with a large chilong between two smaller chilong clambering at each end, one with the beak of a bird, the other crawling under the twisted tail of the larger chilong as it pushes against its rear leg. A rectangular loop (slide) is on the reverse. The semi-translucent stone is of even white tone, and there are traces of iron encrustation on the reverse. 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long, wood box
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