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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ SCABBARD CHAPE, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ SCABBARD CHAPE, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades, Paris, 2000, no. 138.

China, 206 BC-8 AD. Of lenticular section, decorated with two high-relief and partially openwork dragons. The semi-translucent stone of a pale celadon tone with dark brown and russet shading and large areas of creamy calcification. Both ends are pierced with a central perforation for attachment to the scabbard.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, minuscule nibbling, and natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks.

Weight: 68 g
Dimensions: Length 5.5 cm

Placed at the end of the scabbard as decoration, scabbard chapes became popular in the Eastern Zhou dynasty. During the Warring States period and the Han dynasty, scabbard chapes gained significance as symbols of the elite class.

In his book ‘Radiant Stones’ Filippo Salviati writes: by the late Eastern Zhou period, significant stylistic transformation occurred in the decoration of sword fittings. The motifs were often three-dimensional – as seen on this chape. The themes are almost invariably dragons with strong marked feline features, their sinuous bodies moving over the surface of the object, sometimes emerging from it, as if it were a liquid instead of a solid jade. This style breaks the rigidity and geometric formality which had limited the décor to the space defined by the outline of the fitting.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related pale green dragon scabbard chape, dated to 2nd BC-2nd AD, in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.174. Compare a related scabbard chape, dated to 3rd-1st century BC, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S1987.611.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 March 2017, lot 2710
Price: HKD 375,000 or approx. EUR 17,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A white jade 'Dragon' scabbard chape, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Expert remark: Compare the related form, manner of carving, and size (6 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2010, lot 2071
Price: HKD 118,750 or approx. EUR 19,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A jade scabbard chape, Western Han dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form, manner of carving, and size (6.3 cm)

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