A PALE JADE 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' PENDANT, HENG

MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

Details

A PALE JADE 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' PENDANT, HENG
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The slender arc-shaped pendant is carved with a dragon's head on either end with a long snout and a split mouth, and their bodies conjoined. Both sides are carved with comma spirals, with a tiny suspension hole to the centre.
4 15⁄16 in. (12.6 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, acquired before 1999 from E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei

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Lot Essay

Dragons found on pendants of the Mid-Warring States period are characterised by their long upturned snouts, split mouths and triangular horns extending backwards. It is interesting to note that the dragons on the present pendant have an unusually long snout. Compare a very similar ‘double-dragon’ pendant in the Yangdetang Collection, illustrated in Jades of Warring States Period, Taipei, 2007, no. 68.

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