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EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved in openwork in the form of a coiled dragon, depicted with a horn, circular eyes, mane and a long pointed tail.
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) wide, box
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved in openwork in the form of a coiled dragon, depicted with a horn, circular eyes, mane and a long pointed tail.
1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 122
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 122
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