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A RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT
LATE SHANG–EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
the flat stone cut and worked in the form of a stylised dragon in profile, its body incised with square scrolls terminating in a curled
tail, the head turned to one side and detailed with almond-shaped eyes, scrolled horns and an upturned snout, perforated with a
small aperture, the stone of a light beige to russet brown tone
商末至西周初 玉龍珮
7 cm, 2¾ in.
HK$ 40,000-60,000
US$ 5,100-7,700

PROVENANCE 來源
J.J. Lally & Co., New York. 藍理捷，紐約

This rare pendant is closely related to another jade dragon pendant discovered in the tomb of Fu Hao, now in the Institute of
Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of
Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 5, Henan, Beijing, 2005, p. 38.