Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:300 BC-100 BC
Materials:wood, lacquer,
Technique:carved, lacquered,
Dimensions:Length: 85 centimetres (with sword)
Description:
Wooden scabbard for an iron blade sword, with carved and lacquered wooden fittings of a slide and a chape, in design of intertwined dragons.
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![图片[1]-sword-sheath BM-1978-1218.1.b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/43/mid_00032206_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-sword-sheath BM-1978-1218.1.b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/43/mid_00090973_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-sword-sheath BM-1978-1218.1.b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/43/mid_00360437_001.jpg)
Comments:New designs, such as three-dimensional feline dragons, entered the jade repertoire at the end of the Zhou dynasty and spread during the Western Han period. It is possible that such intricate jade carving was stimulated by the wooden fittings used on swords and their scabbards in the Chu state, again suggesting that it was in the Chu area that jade for sword fittings was popularised.
Materials:wood, lacquer,
Technique:carved, lacquered,
Dimensions:Length: 85 centimetres (with sword)
Description:
Wooden scabbard for an iron blade sword, with carved and lacquered wooden fittings of a slide and a chape, in design of intertwined dragons.
IMG
Comments:New designs, such as three-dimensional feline dragons, entered the jade repertoire at the end of the Zhou dynasty and spread during the Western Han period. It is possible that such intricate jade carving was stimulated by the wooden fittings used on swords and their scabbards in the Chu state, again suggesting that it was in the Chu area that jade for sword fittings was popularised.
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