A VERY RARE OPAQUE JADE DRAGON PENDANT, HUAN

EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)

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A VERY RARE OPAQUE JADE DRAGON PENDANT, HUAN
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
Carved in the round in openwork as a chilong with head turned back to bite its shoulder as it grasps different areas of its coiled body and tail with its feet, the front convex, both sides with finely incised details, the stone now opaque and of buff color
2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1967, lot 24.
Bluett & Sons, London.

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Lot Essay

This rare carving is similar to one carved from black jade in the Shanghai Museum, dated Eastern Han period (25-220), and illustrated by Zhang Wei, "The Splendour of Chinese Jade", Orientations, May 1997, pp. 34-8, fig. 7. It is referred to as a huan (ring), and the type of dragon as a panchi (coiled serpent).

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