LATE WESTERN HAN-EARLY EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, C. 1st CENTURY BC-AD 1st CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE ‘CHI DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ RETICULATED PENDANT
LATE WESTERN HAN-EARLY EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, C. 1st CENTURY BC-AD 1st CENTURY
The plaque is carved and reticulated with two pairs of chi dragons and phoenix confronting each other, encircling an aperture in the middle.
4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1993

Literature

Orientations, November 1994
Nien-Hsi Foundation Taipei 1995 Calendar, November

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Lot Essay

Compare to a jade of similar shape, carved with a pair of chi dragons, dating to the late Western Han dynasty, unearthed from Tomb no. 7 at Wulipai in Hunan province (fig. 1), illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 10 – Hubei, Hunan, Beijing, 2005, p. 221.

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