Object: Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration S1987.598

Classification: Weapon and Armament

Historical period(s): Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty or Western Han dynasty, 475 BCE-9 CE

Object Date: 475 BCE-9 CE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 4.1 x 5.6 x 1.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Accession Number: S1987.598

: 幾何紋劍珌
東周戰國或西漢時期（公元前475--公元9年）
中國
軟玉
高4。1、寬5.6、厚1.5釐米
亞瑟·M·賽克勒贈送
器物編號：S1987.598

Provenance: To 1963
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York [1]

From 1963 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York in 1963 [2]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]

Notes:

[1] J. T. Tai's stockcard no. YT-1017, according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.

[2] See Tai's invoice dated X/15/63, copy in object file

[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

Previous owner(s): J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Kelly Welch, December 1, 1995) Format changed from "sword and guard" to "scabbard" per request of Jenny F. So.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) Weapon and Armament added as secondary classification.
3. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 25, 2022) Medium changed from Jade to Jade (nephrite).
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 1, 2024) Title changed from "Scabbard chape (bI)" to "Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration"; Period One changed from "Han dynasty" to "Eastern Zhou dynasty or Western Han dynasty"; Period Two as "Warring States period"; Date changed from "ca. 3rd-2nd century BCE" to "475 BCE–9 CE"; and added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.

Published References

et al. Asian Art in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift. Washington, 1987. cat. 66, p. 110.

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