A WHITE JADE OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PENDANT
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The pendant is carved in the round and in openwork as a chilong slithering through the center of an archaistic bi, with its head at the top and its long tail along the lower edge. There is some opaque white mottling in the semi-translucent stone.
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
A WHITE JADE OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PENDANT
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The pendant is carved in the round and in openwork as a chilong slithering through the center of an archaistic bi, with its head at the top and its long tail along the lower edge. There is some opaque white mottling in the semi-translucent stone.
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high