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拍品專文
A white jade xi pendant of this type, with a ram's head-shaped terminal, rather than one of bird's head shape, and a similarly spiralled, tapering tip, is in the Qing Court collection, Beijing, and is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 17, no. 13, where it is dated to the Qing dynasty. Xi pendants of this type and date were based on ancient prototypes, which also had animal head terminals. Xi pendants were hung on a man's belt and used to undo toggles.