A VERY RARE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE PENDANT (HUANG) SHANG - ZHOU DYNASTY
the flattened fan-shaped huang pierced at both ends with a small aperture, with a possibly later incised design on both sides, each elegantly executed in faint lines with a pair of dragons, with their sinuous bodies interlocked and heads turned facing each other, the softly polished stone of a pale yellowish-celadon tone with some fine russet inclusions on one side
Length 3 5/8 in., 9.3 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the flattened fan-shaped huang pierced at both ends with a small aperture, with a possibly later incised design on both sides, each elegantly executed in faint lines with a pair of dragons, with their sinuous bodies interlocked and heads turned facing each other, the softly polished stone of a pale yellowish-celadon tone with some fine russet inclusions on one side
Length 3 5/8 in., 9.3 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).