WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C.1100-771 BC

Details

A WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE-DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C.1100-771 BC
The arc-shaped huang is carved on both sides with a stylised motif that represents the dragon’s body and legs, terminating at each end with an abstract dragon head. A small hole is drilled for suspension at each end.
5 1/8 in. (13.2 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, accquired in Taipei in 1989

Lot Essay

The dragon design on the current huang was a common design for the early-Western Zhou Dynasty. Compare a similarly decorated jade huang, excavate from the Rui State tomb, illustrated in Selected Bronze, Jade and Gold Treasures from the Rui State of Early Spring and Autumn Period, Xian, 207, no. 15, pp.66-67.

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