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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ 東漢 青玉雕雙龍銜環珮

PENDANT 來源
金華堂舊藏，台北，1999年7月5日
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
本透雕玉珮非常罕見，其器型類似東漢出戟玉璧上半部的出戟。不過因
The pendant is finely carved in openwork with a pair of 為它下緣平整而非弧形，所以下方本來應該並無銜接玉璧，而是一個完
confronting winged dragons clutching an archaistic beast under 整的玉珮。比較一件定州市博物館藏東漢出戟玉璧，著錄於《中國玉器
their feet and grasping a disc in their mouths, all detailed with 全集 4 - 秦、漢：南北朝》，河北，1993年，頁184，256號（圖一）。
incised hatching. The polished jade is of a mottled pale green 其上方的出戟一邊的龍與本珮上的兩隻龍非常相似。
colour with russet fissures.
4 ¬ in. (11.7 cm.) wide

HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired from The Chinhuatang Collection, Taipei, 5 July 1999

The current disc is very unusual in that its form is reminiscent of the
upper flange of an Eastern Han bi disc. However, its lower edge is
level and not curved, so it did not appear to have been attached to a
disc before, and is a complete pendant inspired by the flange form.
Compare a jade disc dated to the Eastern Han period in the collection
of the Dingzhou City Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji 4 –
Qin, Han, Nanbeichao, Hebei, 1993, p. 184, no. 256 (fig. 1), which has a
flange with a similar dragon design on one side.

fig. 1 Collection of the Dingzhou City Museum
圖一 定州市博物館藏品

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