A SMALL JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

Details

A SMALL JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The pendant is shaped as two interlocking C-shaped dragons facing opposite directions.
2 in. (5 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1996

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Lot Essay

Compare to a jade C-shaped dragon very similar to the current lot, but comprising only one dragon, dating to the Western Han dynasty, in the Aurora Museum Collection, illustrated in Jades of Han Dynasty, Taipei, 2005, pl. 61.

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