A Translucent White and Russet Jade Archaistic Pendant
A Translucent White and Russet Jade Archaistic Pendant

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A Translucent White and Russet Jade Archaistic Pendant
After a Warring States period prototype, the arched, tapering shield shape centered by a circular finger aperture surrounded on top by finely incised scrolls, carved along the edges with the openwork figures of a dragon and a bird
2 9/16in. (6.5cm.), box and stand
Falk Collection no. 502.
Exhibited
Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Palo Alto, California, Stanford University Museum, 1958, no. 206.
The Art of Eastern Chou, New York, Chinese Art Society, 1962, no. 78.
Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1975, no. 132.
Auspicious Dragons in Chinese Decorative Art, Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, 1975, no. 15.
Selections of Chinese Art from Private Collections, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1986, no. 15.

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