TWO JADE SHIELD-FORM ORNAMENTS

EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC

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TWO JADE SHIELD-FORM ORNAMENTS
EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 476-400 BC
Each jade is of slightly concave form, decorated on one side with two pairs of coiling dragons, with four pierced holes along the edge.
2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm) long each, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1993

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Lot Essay

Compare a shield-form jade ornament also from the early Warring States period, excavated at Yue kingdom tomb, Hongshan village, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Volume 7, Beijing, 2005, pl.no. 81.

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