A gem-inlaid gold scabbard and jade-handled gold hunting knife, 17th - 18th century 十七至十八世紀 金嵌寶石鞘玉柄金佩刀
A gem-inlaid gold scabbard and jade-handled gold hunting knife,
17th - 18th century
十七至十八世紀 金嵌寶石鞘玉柄金佩刀
knife: l. 19.9 cm;
scabbard: l. 13 cm;
total: 21.5 cm
Condition Report:
Some hairlines to the end of the jade handle, otherwise in good overall condition.
整體品相良好，惟玉柄一端因刀刃嵌入部分鏽帳而產生自然綹紋。
Catalogue Note:
It is extremely rare to find a jade-hilted gold knife with a gold filigree scabbard, which exemplifies the exceptional artistic standards during the 17th and 18th centuries. Knives such as the present lot would have been an essential part of Imperial hunting accessories, as can be seen in a detail of painting by Giuseppe Castiglione Taking a Stag with a Mighty Arrow, circa 1760s, in the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, depicting the Qianlong Emperor riding a horse, with a knife hanging beside a pouch suspended from a belt around his waist, illustrated in Son of Heaven in the Glory Age: Exhibition of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing Dynasty, Chengdu, 2016, p.76.
For a related example of a jade-handled gilt-bronze knife and gold sheath inlaid with turquoise, coral and luzurite, Qianlong mark and of the period, see C. Ho and B.Bronson, Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong, London, 2004, pp.197 and 201, no.248. Another related jade-hilted knife with a gilt-bronze scabbard, Qianlong period, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2010, lot 1812; See also a gilt-bronze handled dagger with jadeite scabbard, 18th century, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3223.
此短刀金製刀身，並以金了纍絲工藝飾刀鞘，刀鞘有木製內膽，極為少見，應為宮廷日常隨身用品，作解食刀用。清廷對王公大臣遵守滿族舊例的要求嚴格，清史有記載乾隆帝曾因怡親王不配小刀而大怒，而清宮繪畫中亦可見到帝王狩獵時佩戴這種短刀，如北京故宮博物院藏清郎世寧繪「乾隆帝及妃威弧獲鹿圖卷」，繪乾隆帝腰間短刀，見《盛世天子—清高宗乾隆皇帝特展》，成都，2016年，頁76。
傳世品中類似的宮廷用解食刀，見北京故宮博物院藏一例，著錄於C.Ho及B.Bronson，《Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong》，2004年，頁194及201，編號248。瀋陽故宮博物院藏一件清代玉柄木嵌染牙鞘解食刀，刀鞘中同樣含有對筷及骨籤，見《Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty: Treasures from the Shenyang Palace Museum, China》，新加坡，頁73。香港蘇富比曾售出一件清乾隆玉柄刀配銅鎏金刀鞘，2010年4月8日拍品編號1812；另見香港佳士得曾售出一件銅鎏金刀柄配翡翠刀鞘短刀，2011年11月30日拍品編號3233。
Provenance:
Paul Champkins, London, circa 1990s.
Paul Champkins，倫敦，約1990年代
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A gem-inlaid gold scabbard and jade-handled gold hunting knife,
17th - 18th century
十七至十八世紀 金嵌寶石鞘玉柄金佩刀
knife: l. 19.9 cm;
scabbard: l. 13 cm;
total: 21.5 cm
Condition Report:
Some hairlines to the end of the jade handle, otherwise in good overall condition.
整體品相良好，惟玉柄一端因刀刃嵌入部分鏽帳而產生自然綹紋。
Catalogue Note:
It is extremely rare to find a jade-hilted gold knife with a gold filigree scabbard, which exemplifies the exceptional artistic standards during the 17th and 18th centuries. Knives such as the present lot would have been an essential part of Imperial hunting accessories, as can be seen in a detail of painting by Giuseppe Castiglione Taking a Stag with a Mighty Arrow, circa 1760s, in the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, depicting the Qianlong Emperor riding a horse, with a knife hanging beside a pouch suspended from a belt around his waist, illustrated in Son of Heaven in the Glory Age: Exhibition of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing Dynasty, Chengdu, 2016, p.76.
For a related example of a jade-handled gilt-bronze knife and gold sheath inlaid with turquoise, coral and luzurite, Qianlong mark and of the period, see C. Ho and B.Bronson, Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong, London, 2004, pp.197 and 201, no.248. Another related jade-hilted knife with a gilt-bronze scabbard, Qianlong period, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2010, lot 1812; See also a gilt-bronze handled dagger with jadeite scabbard, 18th century, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3223.
此短刀金製刀身，並以金了纍絲工藝飾刀鞘，刀鞘有木製內膽，極為少見，應為宮廷日常隨身用品，作解食刀用。清廷對王公大臣遵守滿族舊例的要求嚴格，清史有記載乾隆帝曾因怡親王不配小刀而大怒，而清宮繪畫中亦可見到帝王狩獵時佩戴這種短刀，如北京故宮博物院藏清郎世寧繪「乾隆帝及妃威弧獲鹿圖卷」，繪乾隆帝腰間短刀，見《盛世天子—清高宗乾隆皇帝特展》，成都，2016年，頁76。
傳世品中類似的宮廷用解食刀，見北京故宮博物院藏一例，著錄於C.Ho及B.Bronson，《Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong》，2004年，頁194及201，編號248。瀋陽故宮博物院藏一件清代玉柄木嵌染牙鞘解食刀，刀鞘中同樣含有對筷及骨籤，見《Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty: Treasures from the Shenyang Palace Museum, China》，新加坡，頁73。香港蘇富比曾售出一件清乾隆玉柄刀配銅鎏金刀鞘，2010年4月8日拍品編號1812；另見香港佳士得曾售出一件銅鎏金刀柄配翡翠刀鞘短刀，2011年11月30日拍品編號3233。
Provenance:
Paul Champkins, London, circa 1990s.
Paul Champkins，倫敦，約1990年代
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