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LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-9TH-771 BC
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A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-9TH-771 BC
The flattened plaque of curved outlines is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile with the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body. It is carved to one end with a human head depicted with long upswept hair forming a backward-facing dragon head, and carved to the other end with another dragon head.
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high, box
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-9TH-771 BC
The flattened plaque of curved outlines is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile with the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body. It is carved to one end with a human head depicted with long upswept hair forming a backward-facing dragon head, and carved to the other end with another dragon head.
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 74
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 74
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