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WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (c. 1100-771 BC)
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A RARE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON AND TIGER’ PENDANT, HUANG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (c. 1100-771 BC)
The flat pendant is carved with profiles of dragon heads at each end, joined by a tiger motif. The edges are outlined with notched flanges and a hooked tip at the centre. Both sides are carved with single and double grooves to delineate the head and the scrolls which fill the body, with holes drilled through both ends and below the tips of the rims.
4 in. (10.3 cm.) long, box
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (c. 1100-771 BC)
The flat pendant is carved with profiles of dragon heads at each end, joined by a tiger motif. The edges are outlined with notched flanges and a hooked tip at the centre. Both sides are carved with single and double grooves to delineate the head and the scrolls which fill the body, with holes drilled through both ends and below the tips of the rims.
4 in. (10.3 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. 132, p.209
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 132
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