MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

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A RARE JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON AND MONKEY’ PENDANT
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The pendant is carved as a sinuous single-horned dragon with an arched body and a monkey clambering on its coiled tail. The mid-section of the body is carved with a rope-twist band flanked by ruyi cloud motifs. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greenish-white tone.

3 7⁄8 in. (9.9 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find the depiction of monkeys on jade carvings from this period. compare a Western Han jade ‘chilong and monkey’ scabbard from the Yangdetang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2773 (fig. 1).

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