Lot 371. A white jade scabbard slide, probably Warring States period (475-221 BC); 9.5 cm, 3 3/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 125,000 HKD (14,244 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.

the slightly tapered rectangular top with incurved ends and a lug beneath, carved in low relief with a mask and interlocking C-scrolls, the stone an even white tone.

Property from the Peony Collection.

Exhibited: Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 126.

Literature: Roger Keverne, Jade, London, 1991, p. 109, fig. 37. 

Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020.