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A PALE CELADON JADE DRAGON- A CELADON JADE RETICULATED
FORM PENDANT DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD, MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD,
CIRCA 400-300 BC CIRCA 400-300 BC
The pendant is carved as a sinuous single-horned dragon with The pendant is carved in the form of a sinuous dragon shown
backward-turned head and bi-furcated tail. Both sides are carved in profile with a backward-turned head, a s-shaped body, and a
with comma spirals with a suspension hole to the centre. bi-furcated tail. Both sides are incised with comma spirals with a
suspension hole pierced to the centre.
5 ⁄”ÿ in. (13.1 cm.) long, box
3
4¡ in. (11 cm.) long, box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-10,000
PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989 PROVENANCE
The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
Compare with a larger and elaborately carved dragon-form pendant
from the same period, with a similar single horn, backturning head, and Compare with a very similar dragon-form pendant excavated from
a bi-furcated tail, excavated from subordinate tomb no. 1 at the King of subordinate tomb no. 1 of the King of Zhongshan tomb site, Pingshan
Zhongshan tomb site in Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring
Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 215 Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 215.
(fig. 1).
戰國中期 龍形玉珮
戰國中期 龍形玉珮
來源
來源 養德堂舊藏，1990年購於台北
養德堂舊藏，1989年購於台北
參閱河北省平山縣中山國一號墓陪葬墓出土一件同期造型相似的龍形玉
參閱河北省平山縣中山國一號墓陪葬墓出土一件同期較大的龍形玉珮， 珮，見《中國玉器全集-3-春秋 戰國》，河北，1993年，圖版215號。
回首、獨角、張口、身體捲曲、花尾等特色均與此相類，見《中國玉器
全集-3-春秋 戰國》，河北，1993年，圖版215號（圖一）。

fig. 1
圖一
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