A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT

MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

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A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The pendant is carved in the form of a dragon in profile with an upward-turned head at one end of the arched s-shaped body, and a coiled tail at the other end. The body and tail are carved on both sides in low relief with comma spirals and cloud scrolls, and pierced with a suspension hole to the centre.
4 1⁄16 in. (10.4 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1992

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Lot Essay

Compare a more elaborate jade dragon-form pendant with a similar s-shaped arched body and flattened upward-turned head, excavated from subordinate tomb no.1 of the King of Zhongshan tomb site, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, nos. 215.

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