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WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
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A CELADON JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
The flattened plaque with 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 at one end with a human head depicted with long upswept hair forming a backward-facing dragon head, and carved at the other end with another dragon head.
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) long, box
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
The flattened plaque with 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 at one end with a human head depicted with long upswept hair forming a backward-facing dragon head, and carved at the other end with another dragon head.
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 37, pp. 124-125
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 37
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