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A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' KNOT-LOOSENER, XI

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18th/19th century

18th/19th century
Of elegantly curving C-form, the fang-shaped tool terminating with a dragon-head, the stone of even greenish-white tone. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) long.

十八/十九世紀 青白玉龍首觿

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源:
倫敦Parry家族收藏,並由後人保存迄今

The dragon-shaped arched fang-shaped pendant, which was likely made to be used as a knot-loosener, is carved after the archaic prototype made in jade and agate during the Zhou dynasty (1045-256 BC). At that time, xi pendants were usually made as pairs and buried in tombs. While the examples dated to the Spring and Autumn period resembled the shape of an animal's tooth or fang, the pendants made during the Warring States period were usually more slender in form. Dragon-shaped pendants were developed from the late Warring States period to early Western Han dynasty; see Gu Fang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.240. See jade and agate Xi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3 Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Beijing, 2010, nos.201-206, and 208-209.

觿者,解結錐也。周人為解衣帶之結而常佩解結之工具,並用於隨葬,常見以玉石或瑪瑙成對製成,為此例濫觴。春秋時期的玉觿似獸牙,較為粗短;戰國至西漢時期則呈長角狀或彎曲的龍體。安徽省巢湖市北山頭西漢墓出土一件龍形玉觿,見古方著,《中國古玉器圖典》,北京,2007年,頁240。另見《故宮博物院藏品大系:玉器編3,春秋戰國》,北京,2010年,編號201-206,及208-209。

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18th/19th century

18th/19th century
Of elegantly curving C-form, the fang-shaped tool terminating with a dragon-head, the stone of even greenish-white tone. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) long.

十八/十九世紀 青白玉龍首觿

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源:
倫敦Parry家族收藏,並由後人保存迄今

The dragon-shaped arched fang-shaped pendant, which was likely made to be used as a knot-loosener, is carved after the archaic prototype made in jade and agate during the Zhou dynasty (1045-256 BC). At that time, xi pendants were usually made as pairs and buried in tombs. While the examples dated to the Spring and Autumn period resembled the shape of an animal's tooth or fang, the pendants made during the Warring States period were usually more slender in form. Dragon-shaped pendants were developed from the late Warring States period to early Western Han dynasty; see Gu Fang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.240. See jade and agate Xi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3 Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Beijing, 2010, nos.201-206, and 208-209.

觿者,解結錐也。周人為解衣帶之結而常佩解結之工具,並用於隨葬,常見以玉石或瑪瑙成對製成,為此例濫觴。春秋時期的玉觿似獸牙,較為粗短;戰國至西漢時期則呈長角狀或彎曲的龍體。安徽省巢湖市北山頭西漢墓出土一件龍形玉觿,見古方著,《中國古玉器圖典》,北京,2007年,頁240。另見《故宮博物院藏品大系:玉器編3,春秋戰國》,北京,2010年,編號201-206,及208-209。

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