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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
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A PAIR OF JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
Each plaque is finely carved in the form of a dragon with an upward-turned head at one end of the arched s-shaped body, and a coiled tail at the other end. The body and tail is carved on both sides in low relief with comma spirals, and drilled from both sides of the body with a suspension hole.
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) long, box
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
Each plaque is finely carved in the form of a dragon with an upward-turned head at one end of the arched s-shaped body, and a coiled tail at the other end. The body and tail is carved on both sides in low relief with comma spirals, and drilled from both sides of the body with a suspension hole.
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 47
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 47
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