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107. A P air Of Archaic Jade Silhouette Dragon P endants
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5th–4th Century B.C.
each flat plaque simply carved in outline with the dragon’s head turned back and forked tail turned
up, drilled for stringing at the center of the curled body, the olive green stone with earth and bronze
corrosion encrusted on the plain matte surface.
Length 4 ⁄16 inches (10.6 cm)
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Compare the pair of jade silhouette dragons excavated from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng at Suizhou, Hubei province,
illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 10, Hubei, Hunan,
Beijing, 2005, p. 84.

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108. An Archaic Jade Disc ( Bi )

Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th–3rd Century B.C.
finely carved on both sides with small comma-spiral shape ‘sprouting grain’ between narrow wedge
shape borders, the surface polished to a high gloss, the translucent stone of even olive green color,
encrusted with earth and cinnabar from burial.

Diameter 3 ⁄8 inches (9.2 cm)
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Compare the similar 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. 170, no. 120.

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