• Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration
  • Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration

Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration

Classification
Weapon and Armament
Historical period(s)
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Object Date
206 BCE-220 CE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 6.1 × 7 × 1.6 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in)
Origin
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.394
幾何紋劍珌
漢代(公元前206--公元220年)
中國,傳陝西出土
軟玉
高6.1、寬7、厚1.6釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.394
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Curatorial Remarks
Published References
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