A GROUP OF FOUR 'DRAGON' JADE ORNAMENTS

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A GROUP OF FOUR 'DRAGON' JADE ORNAMENTS
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The lot comprises a black and white jade dragon-form pendant, carved with comma spirals on both sides, mid Warring States period; a celadon jade pendant carved as an arc-shaped dragon in profile with an upturned tail, Warring States period; a greenish-whit jade dragon-form pendant with an arc-shaped body, long snout and coiled tail, with an raised ridge to the middle of its body, mid Warring States period; and a jade ‘double-dragon’ pendant carved on either end with a single-horned dragon coiling its body backwards on the arch with one of its legs forming the terminal, carved with comma spirals and cloud scrolls on one side.
Longest: 7 5⁄8 in. (19.4 cm.) long, boxes

Provenance

1. Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995
2. Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992
3, 4. The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990

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Lot Essay

Compare with a similar reticulated arched pendant with a back-turned dragon on one terminal and tail on the other, excavated from tomb no. 1 of the King of Zhongshan tomb site, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 239.

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