TWO JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

Details

TWO JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
Each pendant is carved as a slender, sinuous single-horned dragon, with a mixture of comma spirals and c-scrolls carved in low relief on both sides and a pierced hole at the centre for suspension.
Longer: 6 in. (15.3 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Compare with a pendant of similar shape and design from the Yangdetang Collection, illustrated in Jades of Spring and Autumn Period, Taipei, 2010, no. 98, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2749.

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