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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
Details
A JADE ‘DRAGON’ COMB
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The comb is carved with a rectangular handle that is decorated to both sides with a stylised dragon motif, all above ten pointed tines.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high, box
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The comb is carved with a rectangular handle that is decorated to both sides with a stylised dragon motif, all above ten pointed tines.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 41
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 41
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