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A WHITE JADE ‘CHI DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ RETICULATED PENDANT
LATE WESTERN HAN-EARLY EASTERN
ST
HAN DYNASTY, C. 1 CENTURY BC-
ST
AD 1 CENTURY
The plaque is carved and reticulated with two pairs of chi dragons
and phoenix confronting each other, encircling an aperture in
the middle.
4º in. (10.7 cm.) long, box

HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000

P R O V E N AN C E
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1993
L IT E R A T UR E
Orientations, November 1994
Nien-Hsi Foundation Taipei 1995 Calendar, November

Compare to a jade of similar shape, carved with a pair of chi rubbing of the present lot
dragons, dating to the late Western Han dynasty, discovered from 本拍品之拓片
Tomb no. 7 at Wulipai in Hunan province (fig. 1), illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 10 – Hubei,
Hunan, Beijing, 2005, p. 221.

西漢晚期/東漢前期 白玉蟠螭鳳紋韘形珮

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1993年購於台北
出版
《Orientations》，1994年11月
年喜文教基金會1995年曆11月份

湖南長沙市五里牌7號墓出土一件定年西漢晚年、形狀相似的玉雕
雙螭紋珮（圖一），著錄於《中國出土玉器全集 -10- 湖北、湖南》，
北京，2005年，頁221。

fig. 1
圖一

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