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AN IMPORTANT JADE ‘DRAGON’ SWORD HILT, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
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AN IMPORTANT JADE ‘DRAGON’ SWORD HILT, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 74, no. 161.

Exhibited:
1. Pointe-à-Callière Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Montréal, 17 November 2016-19 March 2017.
2. Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.

Expert’s note: The majority of jade fittings were made to adorn the swords of nobles, which were hung from the belt and secured with the aid of a slide attached to the scabbard. The present lot is an early and markedly large example limited to a handle—as opposed to the standard group including the pommel and guard—with decoration of the type seen often on jades made in South China, like those produced in the state of Wu, Jiangsu province.

China. Of elliptical section, the sides tapering gently towards the butt end, each side intricately carved in relief with a band of snake-like interlaced dragons with bold features and neatly incised bodies, the handle smoothly polished, the shorter end still holding the deeply corroded remnants of the iron blade. The opaque stone now of an ivory-white tone.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Obvious losses, signs of prolonged burial, traces of weathering, extensive calcification, encrustations, corrosion, minute nicks, the stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into thin hairline cracks.

Weight: 184.3 g
Dimensions: Length 16.4 cm

With a padded storage box. (2)

Literature comparison:
Compare a related jade pendant with a similar design of interlaced dragons, dated to the later Spring and Autumn period, c. 600-476 BC, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1916.146. The design of interlaced dragons can also be observed on an openwork gold sword hilt, dated circa 6th-5th century BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1937,0416.218.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2024, lot 1051
Price: HKD 3,024,000 or approx. EUR 336,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A jade-hilt bronze knife and a bronze-inset jade scabbard, late Spring and Autumn period-Western Han dynasty, circa 570 BC-8 AD
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving and motifs with similar interlaced dragons. Note the size (16 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2760
Price: HKD 475,000 or approx. EUR 59,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An exceptionally rare and important celadon jade ‘dragon’ weapon fitting
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving, calcified stone, and dragon motifs. Note the similar size (14.8 cm).

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