A rare yellowish-celadon jade 'dragon' pendant, Late Warring States period...
Property from an Asian private collection
A rare yellowish-celadon jade 'dragon' pendant,
Late Warring States period
亞洲私人收藏
戰國晚期 青黃玉卷龍扭絲紋珮
9.9 cm
Condition Report:
As illustrated, a section at the end of the dragon tail where it crosses its body has been restuck, otherwise in overall good condition, with expected minute nicks to the edges and extremities including the tips of the dragon's snout and horn.
如圖所見，龍尾部與身體交叉部分經修補，其他總體品相良好，僅在邊沿及凸出處見輕微磕碰，如龍鼻及龍角邊沿。
Catalogue Note:
This unusual and extraordinary jade carving belongs to a small group of pendants masterfully modelled in the shape of a dragon with a sinuous body grooved to resemble a twisted rope. See a closely related example of a dragon pendant in the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated in Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1991. p. 9. Another similar jade dragon pendant also with a twist-rope design is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in Na Zhiliang, Yuqi cidian [Dictionary of Chinese Jade], Hong Kong, 1985, p. 47, fig. 0238. See an excavated example of a phoenix jade pendant also with a similar rope-twist design, late Warring States period, currently in the Anhui Provincial Institute of Archaeology, illustrated in Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 3, Hebei, 2005, pl. 284.
Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 2000.
2000年前購於香港
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Property from an Asian private collection
A rare yellowish-celadon jade 'dragon' pendant,
Late Warring States period
亞洲私人收藏
戰國晚期 青黃玉卷龍扭絲紋珮
9.9 cm
Condition Report:
As illustrated, a section at the end of the dragon tail where it crosses its body has been restuck, otherwise in overall good condition, with expected minute nicks to the edges and extremities including the tips of the dragon's snout and horn.
如圖所見，龍尾部與身體交叉部分經修補，其他總體品相良好，僅在邊沿及凸出處見輕微磕碰，如龍鼻及龍角邊沿。
Catalogue Note:
This unusual and extraordinary jade carving belongs to a small group of pendants masterfully modelled in the shape of a dragon with a sinuous body grooved to resemble a twisted rope. See a closely related example of a dragon pendant in the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated in Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1991. p. 9. Another similar jade dragon pendant also with a twist-rope design is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated in Na Zhiliang, Yuqi cidian [Dictionary of Chinese Jade], Hong Kong, 1985, p. 47, fig. 0238. See an excavated example of a phoenix jade pendant also with a similar rope-twist design, late Warring States period, currently in the Anhui Provincial Institute of Archaeology, illustrated in Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 3, Hebei, 2005, pl. 284.
Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 2000.
2000年前購於香港
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