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EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
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A PAIR OF JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
Each pendant is well-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. Each side of the body and tail are decorated with comma spirals.
4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) long, box
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
Each pendant is well-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. Each side of the body and tail are decorated with comma spirals.
4 1/4 in. (10.7 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. 173
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 173
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