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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
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A CELADON JADE ‘TWIN DRAGONS’ ROPE-TWIST PENDANT, HUANG
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The stone is carved at each end with a dragon head and decorated on both sides with a rope-twist pattern with small holes at the centre of the arc and both ends. The jade has a calcified yellowish green tone.
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long, box
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The stone is carved at each end with a dragon head and decorated on both sides with a rope-twist pattern with small holes at the centre of the arc and both ends. The jade has a calcified yellowish green tone.
3 ¼ in. (8.2 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. 159, p.242
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 159
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