A Chinese pale celadon jade ying xiong knife hilt A Chinese pale celadon jade ying xiong knife hilt A Chinese pale celadon jade ying xiong knife hilt A Chinese pale celadon jade ying xiong knife hilt

A Chinese pale celadon jade ying xiong knife hilt

Reference: ART1002916

The handle is carved as an eagle perched with its wings closed perched upon a bear seated upright, the details are finely incised. The stone is of an even pale tone.

Catalogue notes: the word for eagle ‘ying’, and the word for bear ‘xiong’ together sound like the Chinese word for hero ‘yingxiong’.