Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC-20thC (Archaistic style)
Materials:jade
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 43 centimetres
Description:
Green jade sword bearing an inscription (pseudo cryptic).
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![图片[1]-sword BM-1937-0416.106-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Jades/mid_00309745_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-sword BM-1937-0416.106-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Jades/mid_00941533_001.jpg)
Comments:Jones 1990Jade swordThis jade bears no resemblance to an ancient piece. Despite its pretentious inscription in a debased form of ancient seal script, which claims that it belonged to King Guang Wu (AD 25-55) of the Han dynasty, it is far removed in type and style from any Han period jade or even bronze weapon. The shape is based upon a late Ming or Qing sword. Similar weapons are illustrated in encyclopaedias, such as the seventeenth-century ‘San Cai Tu Hui’, and it is possibly from some such source that the shape was derived in error. The jade is very thick and clumsily carved.2 extra labels: “1486” and “D707 + 4 Japanese characters”
Materials:jade
Technique:
Dimensions:Length: 43 centimetres
Description:
Green jade sword bearing an inscription (pseudo cryptic).
IMG
Comments:Jones 1990Jade swordThis jade bears no resemblance to an ancient piece. Despite its pretentious inscription in a debased form of ancient seal script, which claims that it belonged to King Guang Wu (AD 25-55) of the Han dynasty, it is far removed in type and style from any Han period jade or even bronze weapon. The shape is based upon a late Ming or Qing sword. Similar weapons are illustrated in encyclopaedias, such as the seventeenth-century ‘San Cai Tu Hui’, and it is possibly from some such source that the shape was derived in error. The jade is very thick and clumsily carved.2 extra labels: “1486” and “D707 + 4 Japanese characters”
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