A jadeite-handled knife in cloisonné enamel sheath


Mid-Qing DynastyThe tapering sheath decorated on each side with scattered blossoms, with gilt-bronze borders cast with foliate scroll, the upper border with an attached suspension loop and a ruyi pendant, the plain knife handle of pale greenish-white stone tapering to another gilt-metal border above the blade. 27.8cm (11in) long. (2).
|清中葉 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鞘玉柄刀 For a related set, see Wan Yi, Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, New York, 1988, p.163, no. 241. Compare with a related sheath of this type, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.303; compare also with a related knife, second half 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 179.