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WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
Details
A CELADON JADE SILHOUETTE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT AND A CELADON JADE SILHOUETTE ‘PHOENIX’ PENDANT
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
One pendant is carved in the form of a dragon in profile with an arched s-shaped body. It is depicted with a curled crest, pointed horns and circular eyes, terminating to one end with a coiled bi-furcated tail. Each side of the body and tail are decorated with comma spirals. The other pendant is carved in the form of a stylised phoenix, also depicted with an s-shaped body and decorated throughout with comma spirals.
Larger: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long, box (2)
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
One pendant is carved in the form of a dragon in profile with an arched s-shaped body. It is depicted with a curled crest, pointed horns and circular eyes, terminating to one end with a coiled bi-furcated tail. Each side of the body and tail are decorated with comma spirals. The other pendant is carved in the form of a stylised phoenix, also depicted with an s-shaped body and decorated throughout with comma spirals.
Larger: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long, box (2)
Provenance
Acquired from E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, prior to 1999
Literature
Aurora Art Museum, Jades of Warring States Period, 2007, Taipei, pl. 80, p. 133
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