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EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
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A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved on either side with a dragon in profile, abstractly depicted with an elephant’s trunk and a hawk’s body.
5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm.) long, box
EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved on either side with a dragon in profile, abstractly depicted with an elephant’s trunk and a hawk’s body.
5 3/16 in. (13.2 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. 128
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 128
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