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LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC
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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘CONCH SHELL’ ARCHER’S RING, SHE
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC
The jade is vividly carved to one side with a conch shell surmounted on the ‘archer’s thumb ring’-shaped pendant, that is incised with fine lines depicting a stylised dragon motif.
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) long, box
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC
The jade is vividly carved to one side with a conch shell surmounted on the ‘archer’s thumb ring’-shaped pendant, that is incised with fine lines depicting a stylised dragon motif.
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 221
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 221
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