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A RETICULATED JADE DRAGON- A GROUP OF FOUR JADE
FORM PENDANT PENDANTS
MID WARRING STATES PERIOD, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN TO MID
CIRCA 400-300 BC WARRING STATES PERIOD,
The pendant is finely carved in openwork as a sinuous dragon with CIRCA 570-300 BC
a slender body and a bi-furcated tail folding above its head. Both The group comprises a slender dragon-form pendant with a
sides are carved with c-scrolls. protruding snout and tail curved upwards, late Spring and Autumn
period (top); two reticulated pendants each depicting a dragon and
3¿ in. (8 cm.) long, box its young, mid Warring States period (middle-left), early Warring
States period (middle-right); and an s-shaped pendant with a
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000 dragon-shaped head and a phoenix-shaped tail, early Warring
States period (bottom).
PROVENANCE
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995 Longest: 4º in. (10.7 cm.) long, boxes (4)
For a similar reticulated jade dragon-form pendant, see an example
illustrated in Jades of Warring States Period, Taipei, 2007, no. 112. HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE
戰國中期 鏤雕龍形玉珮 (top, middle-left) Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in
1995
來源 (middle-right, bottom) The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in
德馨書屋舊藏，1995年購於台北 Taipei in 1989
同期類似造型的透雕龍紋玉珮，可參考一件著錄於《戰國玉器》，
台北，2007年，圖版112號。 春秋晚期/戰國中期 玉珮四件

本拍品包括春秋晚期龍形玉珮（上）、戰國中期子母龍玉珮（中左）、
戰國早期龍形玉珮（中右），及戰國早期龍鳳玉珮（下）。

來源
（上、中左）德馨書屋舊藏，1995年購於台北
（中右、下）養德堂舊藏，1989年購於台北
春秋晚期龍形玉珮近似例見《中國美術全集-工藝美術編-9-玉器》，
北京，1986年，圖版111號；戰國中期玉珮近似例可參考震旦藝術博物館
藏一件雙龍首玉珮，見《戰國玉器》，台北，2007年，圖版103號；戰國
早期龍形玉珮近似例參閱《中國玉器全集-3-春秋戰國》，河北，1993
年，圖版148號。

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