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LOT 132

Lot 132

An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Lot 132 Details
An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

战国 玉剑首

diameter 2.6 in — 6.5 cm

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $1,875
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An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
  • An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
  • An Archaic Jade Sword Pommel, Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Provenance:

Ex. Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939).
Waddington's, December 6, 2018, lot 120.
来源：
多伦多沃丁顿拍卖，2018年12月6日，拍品编号120
比斯利高古玉器私人珍藏
哈利·杰弗瑞·比斯利（1881-1939）是一名英国人类学家与策展人。他工作的坎摩尔民族志博物馆拥有近6,000件藏品。在比斯利于1939年去世后，第二次世界大战期间，其藏品被存放在大英博物馆中，从而免遭战争的破坏，而坎摩尔民族志博物馆则不幸在轰炸中毁于一旦。战后，比斯利珍藏中的部分藏品被保留在大英博物馆、爱丁堡皇家博物馆、剑桥考古与人类学博物馆、牛津皮特河博物馆与利物浦博物馆中。藏品均购自比斯利先生的遗孀，后者于1974年去世。
多伦多沃丁顿拍卖，2018年12月6日，拍品编号120
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG134762
https://www.waddingtons.ca/auction/asian-art-dec-06-2018/gallery/lot/118/

Note:

Compare with an example from Bonhams London, May 18, 2023, lot 29; and Sotheby's New York, December 1, 1992, lot 5.
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27991/lot/29/an-archaic-jade-sword-pommel-warring-states-periodhan-dynasty/

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