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A JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ A JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON
PENDANT AND PHOENIX’ PENDANT
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, MID-LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD,
CIRCA 300-221 BC CIRCA 400-221 BC
The arched pendant is carved as a sinuous dragon with backward- The arched pendant is carved in openwork as a sinuous dragon
turned head and tail transforming into a phoenix, with comma with backward-turned head and coiled tail transforming into a
spirals carved in relief on both sides and a suspension hole pierced phoenix adjacent to a smaller phoenix.
close to the centre. 6¿ in. (15.4 cm.) long, box
6¡ in. (16.3 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
HK$160,000-200,000 US$21,000-26,000
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1991
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
Compare two other jade reticulated ‘dragon and phoenix’ pendants,
For a more elaborate pendant but similarly carved pendant with dragon one in the Aurora Art Museum Collection, illustrated in Jades of
and phoenix, see an example excavated from tomb no. 8 of the Warring States Period, Taipei, 2007, no. 89, which is also carved with
Yanggong tomb site at Changfeng County, Anhui Province, illustrated in two phoenix at the tail; and another with a single phoenix at the tail,
Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 293. excavated from tomb no. 8 of the Yanggong tomb site at Changfeng
County, Anhui Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring
Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 293 (fig. 1).
戰國晚期 龍鳳玉珮
戰國中晚期 玉透雕龍鳳紋珮
來源
金華堂舊藏，1998 年購於台北
來源
本珮主體為一回首曲身的龍，尾部化為一鳳鳥，造型奇巧。近似例可參 藍田山房舊藏，1991 年購於香港
考安徽省長豐縣楊公八號墓出土一件，見《中國玉器全集 -3- 春秋戰 此珮造型特殊，龍呈 S 形，龍首回顧，龍身扭動，龍尾轉化為一隻鳳鳥，
國》，河北，1993 年，圖版 293 號。
左側另有一隻彎曲的鳳鳥。造型近似的玉透雕龍鳳紋珮可參考震旦藝術
博物館所藏一例，其亦為一龍雙鳳的組合，見《戰國玉器》，台北，
2007 年，圖版 89 號；及安徽省長豐縣楊公八號墓出土一件，其尾部為
單鳳，見《中國玉器全集 -3- 春秋戰國》，河北，1993 年，圖版 293 號
（圖一）。

fig. 1
圖一
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