A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT

EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC

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A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
The semi-circular pendant is carved in the shape of a dragon shown in profile, with a hole pierced to the centre for suspension. Both sides are carved with comma spirals, c-scrolls and cloud scrolls in low relief. The pendant is covered under white alteration.
4 7⁄8 in. (12.5 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1992

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Lot Essay

For a similar dragon-form pendant from the same period, see an example excavated from tomb no. 53 at the Fenshuiling village tomb site, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 153; and another similar pendant with a backturned head excavated from the same site, illustated ibid., no. 154.

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