Lot Essay
Compare with two dragon-form pendants of similar shapes and from the same period in the Aurora Art Museum Collection, illustrated in Jades of Spring and Autumn Period, Taipei, 2010, nos. 116 and 119.
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LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
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TWO JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The group comprises two sinuous jade dragon-form pendants with curled tails, both carved with comma spirals and c-scrolls on both sides with pierced holes at centres for suspension, one of greyish mottled tone, the other of celadon tone.
Longer: 3 5⁄8 in. (9.9 cm.) long, boxes
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The group comprises two sinuous jade dragon-form pendants with curled tails, both carved with comma spirals and c-scrolls on both sides with pierced holes at centres for suspension, one of greyish mottled tone, the other of celadon tone.
Longer: 3 5⁄8 in. (9.9 cm.) long, boxes
Provenance
(left) Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
(right) The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
(right) The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
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Ruben Lien (連懷恩)
VP, Senior Specialist