LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

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A QIN-STYLE JADE OPENWORK ORNAMENT
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The flat jade ornament is carved with two pairs of dragons with long snouts pointing upward and lower jaws resting on the necks of the adjacent dragon, protruding from the sides of the square, highlighted by the delicately incised detail.
2 3⁄16 in. (5.5 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1988

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Lot Essay

Compare to a late Spring and Autumn period jade plaque carved with similar decorative motif excavated from Qingong no.1 tomb, Nan zhihui Village, Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province, illustrated in Shaanxi chutu dongzhou yuqi, Beijing, 2006, pp. 82-83, pl. FN32 (fig. 1).

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