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EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
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A PAIR OF CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ HUANG
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
Each arc-shaped huang is carved on both sides with a stylised motif that represent the dragon’s body and legs, that terminates at each end with an abstract dragon head. A small hole is drilled for suspension to both ends of each jade.
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) long, box
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
Each arc-shaped huang is carved on both sides with a stylised motif that represent the dragon’s body and legs, that terminates at each end with an abstract dragon head. A small hole is drilled for suspension to both ends of each jade.
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 124
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 124
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