Sale 2509
New York
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16 September 2010
Price realised
USD 4,375
Estimate
THREE LARGE JADE ARCHED PENDANTS LATE EASTERN ZHOU/HAN DYNASTY, 3RD-1ST CENTURY BC One of semi-translucent white color, the plaque tightly curved and carved on both sides, with a dragon head at one end and fine commas on the body; one semi-translucent and of greyish-green color, carved as a slender undulating dragon, the head at one end with long snout and slit mouth, the body filled with scrolls; the third a huang with notched edges, both sides carved with tiny hexagonal bosses in a grid pattern, the semi-translucent stone of brown and white color 4, 5 5/8 and 6 3/16 in. (10.4, 14.4 and 15.8 cm.) long (3)
Provenance
First and third: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963. Second: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964.
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