WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A JADE RETICULATD ‘DRAGON’ RING, HUAN
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The ring is carved and pierced with three abstract interlocking dragons in pursuit of each other.
3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1993

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Lot Essay

A jade ring similarly carved with three interlocking dragons was unearthed from the Nanyue King tomb in Guangzhou, illustrated in Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 139 (fig. 1). Compare also to a reticulated jade ring with interlocking phoenix, unearthed from a Han dynasty tomb in Doubishan in Changsha city, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 10 – Hubei, Hunan, Beijing, 2005, p. 207.

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