Lot 2738
2738
A CELADON JADE ’TWIN DRAGONS AND MASKS‘ PENDANT, HUANG
A CELADON JADE ‘TWIN DRAGONS AND MASKS’ PENDANT, HENG

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (c. 1100-771 BC)

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A CELADON JADE ‘TWIN DRAGONS AND MASKS’ PENDANT, HENG

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (c. 1100-771 BC)
The arched ornament is carved in relief depicting two human faces at both ends, with intertwining dragon bodies. There are drill holes to the centre of the body and at either end for stringing.
3 5/8 in. (9.4 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. 129, p.206
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 129

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Lot Essay

Compare to a similar example of Western Zhou jade arc-shaped pendant, with hair carved in openwork protruding from either end which is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jades-from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 47.

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