AN EMBELLISHED MUGHAL JADE-HILTED KANDSHAR AND GILT-BRONZE SCABBARD INDIA, 18TH CENTURY the celadon jade hilt of pistol-grip form terminating with a rounded pommel and scroll quillons, decorated with stylised flowering stems of inlaid metal set with paste and hardstones, the curved gilt-bronze scabbard cast with stylised leafy floral sprays inset with hardstones between gadrooned and floral bands, all reserved on a punched ground, the narrow sides finely incised or punched with a floral scroll, set on the two ends with jade chape and locket carved with foliate motifs, fitted wood box with the cover inscribed with the title Yue Xiangqin gong bao dao (‘Treasured dagger of Yue Xiangqin’), followed by the inscription reading Y uming rendi cang , Qixiang ti, shi wuxu dongzhi (‘In the collection of [my dear young friend] Yuming; inscribed by Qixiang on the Winter Solstice of the wuxu year’) overall 40.5 cm, 16 in.
AN EMBELLISHED MUGHAL JADE-HILTED KANDSHAR AND GILT-BRONZE SCABBARD INDIA, 18TH CENTURY the celadon jade hilt of pistol-grip form terminating with a rounded pommel and scroll quillons, decorated with stylised flowering stems of inlaid metal set with paste and hardstones, the curved gilt-bronze scabbard cast with stylised leafy floral sprays inset with hardstones between gadrooned and floral bands, all reserved on a punched ground, the narrow sides finely incised or punched with a floral scroll, set on the two ends with jade chape and locket carved with foliate motifs, fitted wood box with the cover inscribed with the title Yue Xiangqin gong bao dao (‘Treasured dagger of Yue Xiangqin’), followed by the inscription reading Y uming rendi cang , Qixiang ti, shi wuxu dongzhi (‘In the collection of [my dear young friend] Yuming; inscribed by Qixiang on the Winter Solstice of the wuxu year’) overall 40.5 cm, 16 in.
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