A GROUP OF FOUR JADE SWORD POMMELS AND A SMALL 'BEAST-MASK' PENDANT Song/Ming Dynasty (5)
A GROUP OF FOUR JADE SWORD POMMELS AND A SMALL 'BEAST-MASK' PENDANT
Song/Ming Dynasty
Comprising: a pommel pierced on one side with two apertures for suspension, encircled by a roundel, the stone of green tone with dark brown inclusions; a pommel with one side domed and perforated with two holes for hanging, the reverse decorated in low relief with ruyi-head motifs, the stone of mottled black and white tone; a pommel with one side domed and terminating at a flat top encircled by two bands of ruyi-head motifs, the reverse pierced with two apertures, the stone of mottled beige and grey tone; a pommel carved on one side with a ferocious mythical beast mask, carved from mottled russet and pale green stone; and a small beast mask pendant, the stone of green tone with brown patches. The largest: 4.3cm (1 3/4in) diam. (5).
Footnotes:
宋/明 玉劍首四件及獸面珮一件
Compare the sword pommel carved with a mythical beast mask with a jade sword pommel similarly carved with a monster mask, probably Yuan dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y. Watt, in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.184, pl.160.
See also a related mottled pale green and brown jade sword pommel, Song to Yuan, in the Qing Court collection, the Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.故玉005335N000000000).
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A GROUP OF FOUR JADE SWORD POMMELS AND A SMALL 'BEAST-MASK' PENDANT
Song/Ming Dynasty
Comprising: a pommel pierced on one side with two apertures for suspension, encircled by a roundel, the stone of green tone with dark brown inclusions; a pommel with one side domed and perforated with two holes for hanging, the reverse decorated in low relief with ruyi-head motifs, the stone of mottled black and white tone; a pommel with one side domed and terminating at a flat top encircled by two bands of ruyi-head motifs, the reverse pierced with two apertures, the stone of mottled beige and grey tone; a pommel carved on one side with a ferocious mythical beast mask, carved from mottled russet and pale green stone; and a small beast mask pendant, the stone of green tone with brown patches. The largest: 4.3cm (1 3/4in) diam. (5).
Footnotes:
宋/明 玉劍首四件及獸面珮一件
Compare the sword pommel carved with a mythical beast mask with a jade sword pommel similarly carved with a monster mask, probably Yuan dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y. Watt, in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.184, pl.160.
See also a related mottled pale green and brown jade sword pommel, Song to Yuan, in the Qing Court collection, the Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.故玉005335N000000000).
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
