Lot 218

A Chinese celadon jade scabbard fitting




Auction: 25 July 2009 at 11:00 BST
£313
Description
the top with a relief decoration of a hydra, 6.7cm long; together with another Chinese light brown jade scabbard fitting, the top with a relief decoration of a Hydra, 7.5cm long; and a Chinese brown jade scabbard fitting, with incised and relief decoration of c's and grains together with stylised masks, 4.5cm long (3)
Footnote
For a similar scabbard fitting, see Trousdale, The Long Sword and Scabbard Slide in Asia, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, pl. a, pg 317



