A PALE YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' SLIT-DISC, JUE

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

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A PALE YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' SLIT-DISC, JUE
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
Both sides of the disc are carved with different types of scrolls in double-line grooves, interspersed with finely incised comma spirals, ovals and shaped cartouches filled with parallel lines depicting four abstract dragons. The stone is of a pale yellowish-green tone with small areas of russet and white opaque inclusions.
3 5⁄16 in. (8.4 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1991

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Lot Essay

The present disc may have been adapted from jade carvings from the Qijia Culture (CIRCA 2050-1700 BC). The style of carving, including the double-lined scrolls and feather motifs are simialr to those found on two jade pendants excavated from the Yanshan hoard at Wu County, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, nos. 94, 95.

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