Lot Essay
Compare the longtai jue carved from similar stone but of somewhat different form sold Christie's, Hong Kong, March 20, 1990, lot 851
AFTERNOON SESSION
AT 2:00 P.M. PRECISELY
(LOTS 197-380)
ARCHAIC JADES
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE MOTTLED BROWN AND GRAYISH-WHITE JADE DRAGON PENDANT, LONGTAI JUE
Details
A RARE MOTTLED BROWN AND GRAYISH-WHITE JADE DRAGON PENDANT, LONGTAI JUE
NEOLITHIC, HONGSHAN CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM, B.C.
The thick pendant simply carved as a dragon with large head coiled around a biconical hole, with a smaller biconical hole to the side and a slit cut below the mouth, the eyes and area between the curved horns formed by shallow depressions, the grayish-white stone with dense, overall dark brown veining and mottling--1 7/8 in. (4.7cm.) long
NEOLITHIC, HONGSHAN CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM, B.C.
The thick pendant simply carved as a dragon with large head coiled around a biconical hole, with a smaller biconical hole to the side and a slit cut below the mouth, the eyes and area between the curved horns formed by shallow depressions, the grayish-white stone with dense, overall dark brown veining and mottling--1 7/8 in. (4.7cm.) long