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A LARGE JADE CARVING OF A ‘PIG-DRAGON’
HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 4000-3000 BC
The jade is carved as a coiled stylised mythical animal with incised circular eyes
below pricked ears, and pierced with a circular aperture to the centre between a slit
and a smaller aperture for suspension. The stone is of a green tone with extensive
areas of white alterations.
4 ¬ in. (11.8 cm.) high, box

HK$3,000,000-5,000,000
US$390,000-640,000

PROVENANCE
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei prior to 1999
LITERATURE
Jades of Hongshan Culture, 2007, Taipei, p. 63, no. 15

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