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SHANG/EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-5TH CENTURY BC
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TWO SMALL PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN SEMI-TRANSLUCENT JADE PENDANTS
SHANG/EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-5TH CENTURY BC
One an irregular fragment carved as a recumbent bottle-horn dragon with a small pierced tab projecting from the mouth, the features of the head carved in low relief, with a bent leg carved on one edge, the canted back carved with scrolls and the arched underside left plain; the other, possibly a handle, of thick semi-circular form, well carved as a crouching dragon, the head with large eyes below striated brows and coiled horns at one end, with the bent legs and scrolls carved on the sides and a mane on the top, with bullnose perforations on top and the ends, traces of cinnabar
1 3/8 and 1 5/16 in. (3.5 and 3.4 cm.) across (2)
SHANG/EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 12TH-5TH CENTURY BC
One an irregular fragment carved as a recumbent bottle-horn dragon with a small pierced tab projecting from the mouth, the features of the head carved in low relief, with a bent leg carved on one edge, the canted back carved with scrolls and the arched underside left plain; the other, possibly a handle, of thick semi-circular form, well carved as a crouching dragon, the head with large eyes below striated brows and coiled horns at one end, with the bent legs and scrolls carved on the sides and a mane on the top, with bullnose perforations on top and the ends, traces of cinnabar
1 3/8 and 1 5/16 in. (3.5 and 3.4 cm.) across (2)
Provenance
Both: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964 and 1961, respectively.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964 and 1961, respectively.
Exhibited
First pendant: Archaic Chinese Jades, The University Museum, Philadelphia, February 1940, pl. XI, no. 197.
Both: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. XVIII (2) and pl. XXIX (7), respectively.
Both: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950, pl. XVIII (2) and pl. XXIX (7), respectively.
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