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MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH-CENTURY BC
Details
A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ DISC, BI
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH-CENTURY BC
The jade disc is carved on both sides with profiles of dragon heads and joined by scroll motifs. The contours and details are rendered with double-line grooves.
2 5/16 in. (6.1 cm.) diam., box
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA MID-10TH-MID-9TH-CENTURY BC
The jade disc is carved on both sides with profiles of dragon heads and joined by scroll motifs. The contours and details are rendered with double-line grooves.
2 5/16 in. (6.1 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 51, p.128
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 51
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