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2720
         A RARE JADE RETICULATED
         ‘DRAGON AND MONKEY’
         PENDANT
         MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD,
         CIRCA 400-300 BC
         The pendant is carved as a sinuous single-horned dragon with an
         arched body and a monkey clambering on its coiled tail. The mid-
         section of the body is carved with a rope-twist band flanked by
         ruyi cloud motifs. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greenish-
         white tone.
         3√ in. (9.9 cm.) long, box
         HK$800,000-1,200,000
         US$110,000-160,000

         PROVENANCE
         Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
         It is rare to find the depiction of monkeys on jade carvings from this
         period. compare a Western Han jade ‘chilong and monkey’ scabbard
         from the Yangdetang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong,
         29 November 2017, lot 2773 (fig. 1).

         戰國中期   龍形雲猴玉珮

                                                                                detail
         來源                                                                      細部
         金華堂舊藏，1998 年購於台北
         本珮罕見地結合了龍與靈猴於一體，造型生動有趣。相同題材的玉雕可
         參考養德堂舊藏一件西漢鏤空螭龍靈猴紋劍珌，2017 年 11 月 29 日於香
         港佳士得拍賣，拍品 2773 號（圖一）。














                                                                                 fig. 1
                                                                                 圖一








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