scabbard slide(sword) BM-1973-0726.135

Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:3rdC BC-1stC BC (circa)
Materials:jade, nephrite,
Technique:carved, incised,

Dimensions:Length: 4.70 centimetres

Description:
Scabbard slide, with a slightly curved flat section which overhangs a rectangular loop on the underside. Decorated with C-shaped volutes, and a criss-cross patern. The whole decorated area is outlined by thin ridges. Made of jade.
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图片[1]-scabbard slide(sword) BM-1973-0726.135-China Archive 图片[2]-scabbard slide(sword) BM-1973-0726.135-China Archive

Comments:Rawson 1995:This slide belongs to one of the most widely used types. Examples of both the earlier short form and the later longer one have come both from tombs in China and from sites in Korea where China had established official posts. It seems likely that if swords and their jade fittings were sent with Chinese officials to Korea, the must have been made in sufficiently large numbers. Huge quantities of lacquers were also made and sent to Korea. See also BM 1945.1017.43 and 90; BM 1947.0712.480; and BM 1935.0115.5. Two other similar slides are in the Hotung Collection, on display at the Jade Gallery, British Museum.
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