DESCRIPTION: Ancient Western Han period bronze dagger featuring a celadon green jade handle with spots of dark brown decorated on pommel and hand guard with serpentine dragon designs. Piece is embellished with Chinese key designs on verso of handle. Finished with a series of textured indentations on handle proper resulting in a spring design. Includes black stand.

Provenance: (The Sondra Landy Gross Collection, Great Neck, New York Estate)
purchased item(s) from Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.
See pages 98-99 of "Lustrous, Enduring and Translucent: Jades from Traditional China" by Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd. with guest author Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
See pages 28-29 of "Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Works of Art" by Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd.
See pages 208-211 of "A Walk Through the Ages: Chinese Archaic Art from the Sondra Landy Gross Collection" from the Hillwood Art Museum

CIRCA: 3rd to 2nd Century B.C.
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: (Blade) W: 1.75" L: 9" (With Handle) H: 1.75" W: 2.75" L: 13.25" (Stand) H: 7.75" W: 4" L: 8"

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CONDITION: Jade handle has received repair for chip on verso; blade coated in oxidation and a green patina; piece has received other repair. See lot description for details on item condition. Akiba Galleries does not attest to the authenticity nor the age of the item(s) in this lot. Please contact us for further information. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.