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A CELADON JADE ‘TWIN DRAGONS
AND MASKS’ PENDANT, HENG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (C. 1100-771 BC)
The arched ornament is carved in relief depicting two human faces
at both ends, with intertwining dragon bodies. There are drill
holes to the centre of the body and at either end for stringing.
3¬ in. (9.4 cm.) long, box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000

PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 129
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1999, pl. 129, p.206
Compare to a similar example of Western Zhou jade arc-
shaped pendant, with hair carved in openwork protruding from
either end which is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and
illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jades-from the Neolithic
to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 47.

西周 青玉雙龍人面紋珩
來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於1999 年以前
展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版 (detail 細部)
129號
著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版129號，
頁206
比較一件藏於明尼阿波利斯美術館的西周玉璜，同樣在玉璜兩
端陰刻人面裝飾，惟髮以透雕方式呈現，自兩端高聳而出，
載於 Jessica Rawson，《Chinese Jades-from the Neolithic to the
Qing》，倫敦，1995 年，頁 47。

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