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A CELADON JADE PENDANT, HUANG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
of arched form, each end pierced with a small aperture
and with notched edges, incised to both sides with an
intertwining zoomorphic design, the translucent stone
with scattered white inclusions
Length 10.8 cm, 4¼ in.
LITERATURE
215
M. Gulbenkian, Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern, Arts of
Asia, May-June 1983, p. 98.
£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,900-68,500 US$ 6,300-8,800 216
西周 青玉交龍紋璜 TWO JADE ‘DRAGON’ CARVINGS
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 7TH-6TH CENTURY
出版 BC
M. Gulbenkian，《Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern》,
Arts of Asia，1983年5月至6月， 第98頁 of flattened coiled section, one side covered with a dense
pattern of interlocking angular scrolls executed in pairs of
incised lines with small comma-like ends, the translucent
stone of celadon and pale brown tones
(2)
Length 4.7 and 4.3 cm, 1⅞ and 1⅔ in.
LITERATURE
M. Gulbenkian, Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern, Arts of
Asia, May-June 1983, p. 98
For a very similar coiled dragon openwork plaque, dated
to the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, see A. Salmony, Archaic
Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein
Collection, 1952, pl. LXXXV, no. 4. Compare also an arc-
shaped pendant decorated with the same distinctive
pattern from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung,
illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade. From the
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 265, cat. no. 17:4.
£ 4,000-6,000
216 HK$ 39,100-59,000 US$ 5,000-7,500
東周 公元前七至六世紀
玉龍紋珮一組兩件
217 出版
M. Gulbenkian，《Archaic Jades, Ancient and Modern》,
A PAIR OF DARK GREEN JADE ARC-SHAPED Arts of Asia，1983年5月至6月， 第98頁
PENDANTS, HUANG
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
each of flat semi-circular form with notches to each
end and pierced for suspension, the dark green highly-
polished stone with traces of calcification
(2)
Length 6.2 and 6.1 cm, 2 4/9 and 2 4/9 in.
£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,900-68,500 US$ 6,300-8,800
東周 玉璜一對

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