LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC

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A RETICULATED JADE 'DOUBLE DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PENDANT, HUANG
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC
The arc-shaped pendant is carved with a dragon's head on both ends with an upcurved snout, almond-shaped eye and a s-shaped horn with their bodies intertwined at the centre between an openwork flange with two addorsed phoenix above and a scroll border below. The stone is of a pale greyish celadon tone with areas of alteration concentrated on one end.
6 3⁄8 in. (16.2 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1996

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar ‘double-dragon’ pendant carved with openwork clouds on the upper flange and chilong on the lower flange, excavated from tomb no. 1 at the Shangwang Village, Zibo City, Shandong Province, illustrated in Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji-4-Shandong, Beijing, 2005, no. 192 (fig. 1).

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