LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The fine linear projections along the lower edge of this handsome bottle-horned dragon pendant suggests that it was carved from a section of a jade collared disc such as the Shang-dynasty buff-colored example formerly in the Lantian Shanfang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, 30 November 2020, lot 2713. Given the precious nature of the material, it was common practice to re-carve earlier jade carvings that might have been damaged or broken.