A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC

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A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The pendant with curved outlines is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile, with the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body. It is carved at one end with a human head depicted with upswept hair and carved at the body with a dragon head.
2 ¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992

Lot Essay

The combination of human and coiled animal motifs is typical for Western Zhou jades. A similar pendant was excavated from tomb 2011 of the Western Zhou Guo Kingdom complex at Sanmenxia, Henan province, illustrated in The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p. 142.

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