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LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
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AN EXCEPTIONAL SET OF WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE PHOENIX’ PENDANT AND A PAIR OF ‘DRAGON’ ORNAMENTS, XI
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
The set comprises a flattened oval pendant decorated to the narrow sides with a pair of stylised phoenix, carved with scrolling bodies and pierced to the centre with a circular aperture. The pair of xi are carved in the shape of a dragon shown in profile, with tiny circular eyes, a curled crest and incised details on the curved body that terminates in a point.
Pendant: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) long; Xi: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long, box
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
The set comprises a flattened oval pendant decorated to the narrow sides with a pair of stylised phoenix, carved with scrolling bodies and pierced to the centre with a circular aperture. The pair of xi are carved in the shape of a dragon shown in profile, with tiny circular eyes, a curled crest and incised details on the curved body that terminates in a point.
Pendant: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) long; Xi: 4 5/16 in. (11 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. 213
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 213
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