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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘FISH
DRAGON’ PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY

carved coiling with its muzzle touching its tail, the yellowish
stone with russet highlights
8 cm, 3⅛ in.

HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,500-9,100

The form and subject matter of this piece were influenced
by Neolithic jade pendants in the form of coiled dragons with
a long horn, such as one attributed to the Hongshan culture
(c.3500-2200 BC), in the East Asian Art Museum, Bath,
illustrated in Jades from China, Bath, 1994, pl. 7.

清十八至十九世紀 黃玉魚龍珮

此墜形制、紋飾頗顯新石器時代紅山文化玉豬龍之遺風，
可參考巴斯東亞藝術博物館藏例，錄於《中國玉器》，巴
斯，1994年，圖版7。

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A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC ‘CHILONG’
PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

possibly a buckle, carved in the form of an archaistic chilong
clambering sinuously on an oval loop, the stone of a golden-
brown colour with darker russet pitting
6.3 cm, 2½ in.

HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,900

清十九世紀 青白玉螭龍飾

28 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比