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103. A P air of Archaic Jade Dragon P endants
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5th–4th Century B.C.

each with flattened sinuous body and forked tail, incised with scroll motifs on both sides, the olive
green stone turning to buff color at the edges, drilled for stringing.
Lengths 2 ⁄8 inches (7.3 cm); 3 inches (7.6 cm)
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Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 77
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104. An Archaic Jade T urtle F orm Bead
Late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, circa 4th–3rd Century B.C.
finely decorated on the flat circular top of the ‘shell’ with linked twin scroll motifs enhanced by fine
line details, four tiny feet emerging at the edges, the tiny head with incised eyes, ringed neck and
open mouth, the underside flat, with a transverse channel pierced through the head to the tail for
stringing, the stone of even pale green color.

Length 11 ⁄16 inch (2 cm)

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105. An Archaic Jade Ring ( Huan )
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th–3rd Century B.C.

finely carved in relief on both sides with tiny comma-spiral shape ‘sprouting grain’ between narrow
wedge-shape borders, the surface polished to a high gloss, the olive green translucent stone with
dark brown mottling, with encrusted remains of cinnabar and earth from burial.

Diameter 2 ⁄8 inches (6.7 cm)
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106. An Archaic Jade Dragon P endant
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–221 B.C.)

carved in the round with slender flattened serpentine body and small head with rounded ears and
protruding eyes, with double scroll pattern freely incised all over, the pale green jade altered to tan
on one side, with remains of cinnabar red filling the incised lines and highlighting the decoration,
drilled through the back for stringing.
Length 3 ⁄8 inches (8.7 cm)
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A similar jade dragon of slender flattened form decorated with double scroll pattern and pierced through the back is illustrated
by Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, Chicago, 1952, p. 224, no. 2.

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