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A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’
CYLINDRICAL BEAD
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The tall bead of tapering form is carved at the sides in relief with
a motif of twelve sets of stylised dragons within ridged borders.
The semi-translucent stone is of a pale celadon tone with areas of
calcification.
5º in. (13.3 cm.) long, box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 168

LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1999, pl. 168, p.251

春秋 青玉龍紋管

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168號
著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版168號，
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