WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771BC

Details

A PALE YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771BC
The flat pendant is carved as a humanoid figure shown in profile on top of a coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body. There is a hole pierced through the upswept hair. The semi-translucent stone is of an even pale yellowish-celadon tone.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Acquired in Chicago in 1993

Lot Essay

Compare to a slightly smaller dragon-human form jade pendant (8.3 cm. high) of nearly identical proportion and design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji – 2 – Shang, Xi Zhou, Hebei, 1993, p. 101, no. 222 (fig. 1).

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