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A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT CARVED JADE
DRAGON-FORM PENDANT
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 300-221 BC
The pendant is carved as a single-horned dragon in profile with an arched s-shaped body
and a coiled bi-furcated tail. Both sides are finely incised with ruyi motifs and a various
scrolling patterns with some filled with criss-cross design, between raised edges. The semi-
translucent stone has a mottled pale greyish and russet tone with a high polish.

3¬ in. (9.1 cm.) long, box

HK$2,800,000-4,000,000 US$370,000-520,000

PROVENANCE
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999,
Catalogue, no. 177
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, no. 177

戰國晚期 龍形玉珮
來源
金華堂舊藏，1998年購於台北

展覽
國立故宮博物院，《群玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖錄圖版177號

出版
鄧淑蘋，《群玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版177號

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