TWO JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS

EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC

Details

TWO JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
Each pendant is of semi-circular shape carved in the shape of a coiled dragon with an upturned tail.
Larger: 5 in. (12.6 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

For another dragon-form pendant of this shape, see an example excavated from tomb no. 3 of yi-group at the Ancient Capital Site of the Lu Kingdom, Qufu City, Shandong Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 148.

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