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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
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A PAIR OF JADE TIGER-FORM PENDANTS
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
Each pendant is carved in the form of a crouching tiger shown in profile, depicted with a snout-like nose, s-shaped body, curled tail and decorated to both sides of the bodies with ruyi-form scrolls.
3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) long, box
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
Each pendant is carved in the form of a crouching tiger shown in profile, depicted with a snout-like nose, s-shaped body, curled tail and decorated to both sides of the bodies with ruyi-form scrolls.
3 5/8 in. (9.1 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. 44
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 44
榮譽呈獻
Stephenie Tsoi