A CELADON JADE RETICULATED DRAGON-FORM PENDANT

MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

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A CELADON JADE RETICULATED DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The pendant is carved in the form of a sinuous dragon shown in profile with a backward-turned head, a s-shaped body, and a bi-furcated tail. Both sides are incised with comma spirals with a suspension hole pierced to the centre.
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990

Lot Essay

Compare with a very similar dragon-form pendant excavated from subordinate tomb no. 1 of the King of Zhongshan tomb site, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 215.

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