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AN OPENWORK ARCHAISTIC JADE HUANG PENDANT 來源：
Late Qing Dynasty 紐約山中商會
Finely carved on both sides, the pair of confronting dragon-fish leaping Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日
to pursue the flaming pearl, flanking a qing chime decorated with scroll 大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今
patterns in relief, a chi dragon in flight at either end, the stone mottled in
various tones of brown. Compare the closely related jade qing plaque with reticulated dragons and
4 3/16in (10.6cm) wide phoenixes, illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, Chinese Jades:
Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, from the Asian Art Museum of
$800 - 1,200 San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 227, no. 249, described as late
Qing dynasty or early Republic.
清末 仿古玲瓏璜形玉磬
A stone qing chime of closely related ruyi ends in the Brundage Collection,
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 also illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew, op. cit., p. 189, no.
Provenance: 197, noted by the author that in the mid- to late-19th century, the ‘qing
Yamanaka & Company, New York motif separated from its ritual function and became a decorative symbol.
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911 The word qing 磬 is a homophone of 慶, to celebrate, while the dragon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present and fish symbolize prosperity.

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