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         A FINELY CARVED JADE                              A GREENISH-WHITE JADE
         RETICULATED ‘DOUBLE-DRAGON’  RETICULATED ‘FOUR-DRAGON’
         PENDANT                                           PENDANT
         MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD,                        MID-WARRING STATES PERIOD,
         CIRCA 400-300 BC                                  CIRCA 400-300 BC
         The pendant is carved in vertical symmetry with a dragon's head   The pendant is carved in openwork as four conjoined coiled
         turned backwards on both ends, their bodies intertwined to form   dragons with bi-furcated tails, their bodies finely incised with
         the arch at the centre above an openwork scrollwork motif.   comma spirals alternating with criss-cross patterns . The jade is
         3¿ in. (7.9 cm.) long, box                        of an even greenish-white tone with areas covered under white
                                                           alteration.
         HK$200,000-300,000           US$26,000-39,000     2……/”6 in. in. (6.9 cm.) long, box

         PROVENANCE                                        HK$150,000-250,000           US$20,000-32,000
         Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995
                                                           PROVENANCE
         Compare a simlar reticulated ‘double-dragon’ pendant excavated from   Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995
         tomb no. 1 at Changtai Guan tomb site, Xinyang County, Henan
         Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period,   Compare two rectangular plaques also carved with four dragons in a
         Hebei, 1993, no. 253 (fig. 1).                    symmetrical layout but in different compositions, one in openwork and
                                                           dated to the mid Warring States period, excavated from tomb no. 3 at
                                                           the Zhongshan Kingdom tomb site, Pingshan County, Hebei Province,
         戰國中期   玉透雕雙龍珮                                     illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei,
                                                           1993, no. 221; the other in low relief and dated to the late Warring
                                                           States period, excavated from tomb no. 6 at the Zhongshan Kingdom
         來源                                                tomb site, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, illustrated ibid., no. 231
         德馨書屋舊藏，1995 年購於台北                                 (fig. 1).
         同期近似的透雕雙龍珮可參考河南省信陽縣長臺關一號墓出土一件，載
         於《中國玉器全集 -3- 春秋 戰國》，河北，1993 年，圖版 253（圖一）。         戰國中期   透雕四龍紋玉珮


                                                           來源
                                                           德馨書屋舊藏，1995 年購於台北
                                                           參考另外兩件長方形四龍紋板，一件於河北省七汲村中山國三號墓出
                                                           土，斷代為戰國中期，玉板上雕十字隔欄，四條龍各分佈於隔欄內，見
                                                           《中國玉器全集 -3- 春秋 戰國》，河北，1993 年，圖版 221 號；另一
                                                           於七汲村中山國六號墓出土，斷代戰國晚期，四龍兩兩一組，以淺浮雕
                                                           方式呈現，見上揭書，圖版 231 號（圖一）。





















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