Page 90 - 2020 Nov 30 Christie's Hong Kong Scholars Art Of China
P. 90
2747
A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The pendant with curved outlines is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown
in profile, with the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and
trunk of the body. It is carved at one end with a human head depicted with upswept hair
and carved at the other end with a dragon head.
3 Ω in. (9 cm.) long, box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000
PROVENANCE
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989
A jade carving decorated with similar dragon, phoenix and human motif was excavated from
Chang'an village, Shaanxi province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji – 2 – Shang, Xi Zhou,
Hebei, 1993, no.219.
西周 玉人龍紋珮
來源
養德堂舊藏，1989 年購於台北
陝西省長安縣張家坡村 157 號墓曾出土類似玉雕人物飾，透雕三龍一鳳和兩人，現藏於中國社會
科學院考古研究所，著於《中國玉器全集》，第二冊，河北，1993 年，圖版 219 號。
88
