A RARE ARCHAIC BEIGE JADE SWORD GUARD Western Han Dynasty Of lozenge section, carved on both sides with stylised taotie masks, a small section of the iron blade remaining, the stone of warm amber-honey tone. 5cm (2in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 西漢 玉劍格 Provenance: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964 Dr Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), acc.no.J842, acquired from the above in 1964 Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 972 (part lot) Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.77. 來源：紐約古董商戴潤齋 亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987）舊藏，編號J842，於1964年購自上者 紐約佳士得，2010年9月16日，拍品編號972（部分） 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號77 See a very similar jade sword guard, Han dynasty, illustrated by J.C.S.Lin, The Immortal Stone: Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, Cambridge, 2009, p.45, no.32. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com