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PROPERTY FROM JJ LALLY & CO NEW YORK
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A SMALL JADE DRAGON-FISH HUMAN-HEAD PENDANT
Western Zhou Dynasty
Carved on both sides of the flat plaque in simple incised lines, the
simian-like head in profile composite with a dragon-head body and
a short fish tail, drilled under the small tab on top of the head for
stringing, the celadon jade smoothly polished, with remains of earth
encrustation and cinnabar red on the surface.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long
$6,000 - 8,000

西周 人首龍魚形玉珮
Provenance:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York

來源：
紐約藍理捷中國文物
Published:
Ancient Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Han, J. J. Lally & Co.,
New York, 2016, no.52

Exhibited:
Ancient Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Han, J. J. Lally & Co.,
New York, 10 March - 2 April 2016, no.52

出版：
《中國古代玉器：新石器時期至漢代》，紐約藍理捷中國文物，2016
年，圖版編號 52

展覽：
《中國古代玉器：新石器時期至漢代》，紐約藍理捷中國文物，2016
年 3 月 10 日至 4 月 2 日，展覽編號 52
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Two very similar jade pendants of human and dragon design are
illustrated in Yu shi zhi hun (Soul of Jade and Stone), Beijing, 2013,
pp.76 and 78, discovered from the Western Zhou cemetery at Fengxi,
Zhangjiapo, Shaanxi province.
See also a jade pendant of this type with human and dragon design,
strung as part of the ensemble necklace, in the collection of the Baoji
Zhouyuan Museum, illustrated by the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
in the catalog of the special exhibition, He he zong Zhou: Xi Zhou
wenhua tezhan (The Cultural Grandeur of the Western Zhou Dynasty),
Taipei, 2012, pp.224-225.

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
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A FINE WHITE JADE PENDANT
Signed Zigang, 18th century
Of rectangular shape, carved in shallow relief an archer within a
frame of archaistic confronting dragons, the reverse with a five-line
inscription, the stone of an even white tone.
2 1/8in (5.3cm)

$2,500 - 3,500
To be sold without reserve
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十八世紀 子岡款 白玉弓箭手掛牌
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

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