A CELADON JADE SILHOUETTE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ PENDANT
A CELADON JADE SILHOUETTE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ PENDANT

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A CELADON JADE SILHOUETTE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ PENDANT
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The jade is carved on one end in the form of a dragon depicted with circular eyes, a snout-like nose, interlinking with a phoenix, terminating with its head carved on the other end. Their slightly arched body is decorated throughout with comma spirals
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Acquired from E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, prior to 1999
Literature
Aurora Art Museum, Jades of Warring States Period, 2007, Taipei, pl. 102, p. 158

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