Period:Han dynasty Production date:3rdC BC-1stC BC
Materials:jade, nephrite,
Technique:incised
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Length: 5.10 centimetres
Description:
Scabbard slide, made of jade; with slightly curved flat section overhanging a rectangular loop on the underside. Decorated with an animal-mask at one end and U-shaped curves in relief. Outlined by thin ridges. Iron rust deposit on the back of the slide, where it came into contact with the sword.
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![图片[1]-scabbard slide BM-1935-0115.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/Jades/mid_00298390_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-scabbard slide BM-1935-0115.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/Jades/mid_01311368_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-scabbard slide BM-1935-0115.5-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/Jades/mid_01311375_001.jpg)
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 1973.0726.135. Two other similar slides are in the Hotung Collection, on display in Room 33b (Chinese jades), British Museum.
Materials:jade, nephrite,
Technique:incised
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Length: 5.10 centimetres
Description:
Scabbard slide, made of jade; with slightly curved flat section overhanging a rectangular loop on the underside. Decorated with an animal-mask at one end and U-shaped curves in relief. Outlined by thin ridges. Iron rust deposit on the back of the slide, where it came into contact with the sword.
IMG
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 1973.0726.135. Two other similar slides are in the Hotung Collection, on display in Room 33b (Chinese jades), British Museum.
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