A LARGE PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC PENDANT

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A LARGE PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC PENDANT
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The pendant is carved in openwork and in the round at the bottom with a taotie mask that supports the plectrum-shaped center decorated on one side with an inscription encircling the central aperture and flanked by vapor that rises up the narrow sides to support a bearded immortal and a dragon that issues from the reverse. Between the dragon and the immortal is a small disc decorated on one side with a coiled bird and on the reverse with four characters, duan ping nian zhi. The stone is of somewhat beige, pale greyish-green color, with some buff mottling.
5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

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Lot Essay

The characters, duan ping nian zhi, refers to one of the reign periods of the Song Emperor Lizong (1234-1236).
This pendant plaque appears to be related to other large archaistic jade plaques made during the Qianlong period, such as the white jade example shaped like an axe, with chilong along the sides and a dragon at the top (13.2 cm. high), dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 23, no. 18. (Fig. 1)

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