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A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT A JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC) MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD,
In the form of a sinuous dragon with rope-twist design, the CIRCA 400-300 BC
pendant is constructed in sections and connected by two metal The pendant is carved in the form of a dragon in profile with
mounts. There is a suspension hole to the top of the tail and a tiny an upward-turned head at one end of the arched s-shaped body,
cicular dent to the back of the neck. and a coiled tail at the other end. The body and tail are carved on
both sides in low relief with comma spirals and cloud scrolls, and
6Ω in. (16.8 cm.) long, box pierced with a suspension hole to the centre.

HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-11,000 4…/”ÿ in. (10.4 cm.) long, box

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991 HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-16,000
Compare with a similar slender jade dragon-form pendant also incised PROVENANCE
with rope-twist design but with its tail curving upwards and bending Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992
above the body, illustrated in Zhongguo guyu duandai yu bianwei-2-
guyu dongwu yu shenyishou juan, Beijing, 2007, p. 358, no. 785. Compare a more elaborate jade dragon-form pendant with a similar
s-shaped arched body and flattened upward-turned head, excavated
from subordinate tomb no.1 of the King of Zhongshan tomb site,
Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-
戰國 紐絲紋龍形玉珮 Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, nos. 215.
來源
藍田山房舊藏，1991年購於台北 戰國中期 龍形玉珮

參閱一件造型類似同刻以紐絲紋的龍形玉珮，著錄於周南泉《中國古玉 來源
斷代與辨偽-2-古玉動物與神異獸卷》，北京，2007年，圖版785號。
藍田山房舊藏，1992年購於香港
參閱河北省平山縣中山國一號墓陪葬墓出土一件同期但造型較繁複的龍
形玉珮，其三彎的身軀及仰視的龍首與此類似，見《中國玉器全集-3-
春秋 戰國》，河北，1993年，圖版215號。 23