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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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                           THE JUNKUNC JADE DRAGON HEAD
                           AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE
                           CARVING OF A DRAGON HEAD
                           TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
                           The menacing dragon head is carved with open mouth exposing sharp teeth and curved fangs below a
                           pointed, upturned muzzle that pushes back against large round nostrils, thickly furrowed brows above
                           the eyes, and back-swept mane that ends in tight curls. A pair of long, ridged horns (one missing) lay back
                           against the top of the head. The underside is hollowed with a slanted rectangular trough and both sides
                           and the top are each pierced with a small circular hole. The softly polished jade of even pale grey-green
                           color has remnants of red pigment.
                           6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) long, stand

                           $2,500,000-3,500,000

                           PROVENANCE
                           Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978) Collection, acquired prior to 1958.
                           LITERATURE
                           A. Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963,
                           pl. XXXI-2.
                           唐   青玉龍首











































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