Lot 5057. Two archaic jade scabbard slides, Warring States period (475–221 BC); 6.2 and 9 cm, 2 1/2  and 3 1/2  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Sold for 40,000 HKD (4,733 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.

each of rectangular form, the larger slide carved neatly and densely in low relief with raised bosses, the smaller carved to the top with two raised fillets, the underside with a rectangular loop. 

Provenance: An important Asian collection, acquired in the 1980s or earlier.