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LAST WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY CIRCA MID-9TH CENTURY-771BC
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A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
LAST WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
CIRCA MID-9TH CENTURY-771BC
The flattened plaque is nicely carved on both sides with a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile, the bent legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body.
2 ¾ in. (7.2 cm.) high, box
LAST WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
CIRCA MID-9TH CENTURY-771BC
The flattened plaque is nicely carved on both sides with a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile, the bent legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body.
2 ¾ in. (7.2 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 74, p.151
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 74
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Priscilla Kong