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             TWO JADE ‘DOUBLE-
             DRAGON’ PENDANTS
             LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN
             PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
             The lot comprises a jade arc-shaped
             ‘dragon'pendant, huang, with serrated edges
             and carved with comma spirals on both sides
             depicting two dragons with a conjoined body
             and their heads on either end; and a semi-circle
             ‘dragon’ pendant, heng, with serrated edges
             andcarved with c-scrolls and comma spirals on
             both sides depicting abstract dragons.
             Huang: 4¿ in. (10.3 cm.) long, box
             Heng: 4√ in. (12.5 cm.) long, box
                                             (2)
             HK$160,000-250,000
             US$21,000-32,000
             PROVENANCE
             Huang: The Yangdetang Collection, acquired in
             Taipei in 1989
             Heng: The Yangdetang Collection, acquired
             before 1999 from E Yuan Tang Chinese Art,
             Taipei
             For a similar ‘double-dragon’ huang, see an example
             excavated from tomb no. 1 at Hougudui tomb
             site, Gushi County, Henan Province, illustrated in
             Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period,
             Hebei, 1993, no. 127. For a similar heng, see an
             example illustrated in Jades of Warring States Period,
             Taipei, 2007, no. 50.


             春秋晚期   雙龍首玉璜及龍紋玉珩各一

             來源
             璜:養德堂舊藏,1989 年購於台北
             珩:養德堂舊藏,1999 年前購於台北一言堂
             比較河南省固始縣侯古堆一號墓出土一件風格類似的
             雙龍玉璜,見《中國玉器全集-3-春秋 戰國》,河北,
             1993 年,圖版 127 號。另參閱一件近似的龍紋珩,載
             於《戰國玉器》,台北,2007 年,圖版 50 號。




















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