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97. An Archaic Jade P endant ( Huang )
Late Warring States Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
of slender arc shape, finely carved at each end with a dragon head with blunt snout and open jaws,
decorated on both sides with raised comma spirals between wedge-shaped borders, the edges
finely finished, highly polished all over, with a small hole at the center of the arc for stringing.
Width 3¼ inches (9.5 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 82
Compare the similar jade huang of smaller size in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong
bowuyuan cangpin daxi: yuqi bian (Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade), Vol. 3, Spring and Autumn and
Warring States Period, Beijing, 2011, p. 135, no. 134.
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98. An Archaic Jade Sword P ommel ( Shou )
Late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th–3rd Century B.C.
the thick disc finely carved with a band of comma-spirals in relief around the domed center
decorated with ‘C’-scrolls and a crosshatched star motif, the underside with a deep circular groove
for attachment, the white jade stained with iron-rust.
Diameter 1 ⁄8 inches (4.6 cm)
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Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 83
Compare the jade sword pommel of this form carved with very similar decoration illustrated by Watt, Chinese Jades from the
Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p. 45, no. 4.
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99. An Archaic Jade Disc ( Bi )
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5th–4th Century B.C.
carved on both sides with raised ‘sprouting grain’ curls, some linked in pairs and others with long
tails or tightly spiraled, between narrow plain borders, the stone altered during long burial to
opaque creamy tan color.
Diameter 3½ inches (9 cm)
Compare the jade bi disc in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States
Period: Change and Continuity, 480–222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 168, no. 117.
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