A PALE CELADON JADE OPENWORK QIN-STYLE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT
A PALE CELADON JADE OPENWORK QIN-STYLE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

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A PALE CELADON JADE OPENWORK QIN-STYLE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The pendant is carved and pierced as two dragons, their coiling bodies intertwining to form a symmetrical circular pendant with their heads resting on the borders.
2 in. (5 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 163
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 163

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