A FINELY CARVED JADE RETICULATED 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' PENDANT

MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

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A FINELY CARVED JADE RETICULATED 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' PENDANT
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The pendant is carved in vertical symmetry with a dragon's head turned backwards on both ends, their bodies intertwined to form the arch at the centre above an openwork scrollwork motif.
3 1⁄8 in. (7.9 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar reticulated ‘double-dragon’ pendant excavated from tomb no. 1 at Changtai Guan tomb site, Xinyang County, Henan Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 253 (fig. 1).

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