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MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
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A JADE ‘DRAGON’ BI
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The disc is carved in openwork with a dragon in the centre and two serpent-like juvenile dragons on the outer edges. The surface is finely carved in relief with a scrolling cloud motif within inner and outer raised borders. The semi-translucent stone is of yellowish-white colour with areas of calcification.
2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm.) wide, box
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The disc is carved in openwork with a dragon in the centre and two serpent-like juvenile dragons on the outer edges. The surface is finely carved in relief with a scrolling cloud motif within inner and outer raised borders. The semi-translucent stone is of yellowish-white colour with areas of calcification.
2 15/16 in. (7.5 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. 203
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 203
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