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A CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ DISC, BI 西漢 青玉龍紋璧
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The disc is carved with a band of comma swirls, enclosed by a band 來源
of archaic scrolls of deconstructed dragons. 德馨書屋舊藏，1996年購於香港

8º in. (20.9 cm.) diam., box
廣州南越王墓出土一件紋飾非常相似的蒲紋龍紋璧，見《南越王墓
玉器》，香港，1991年，圖版45號（圖一）。
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
P R O V E N AN C E
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1996

A jade disc with very similar interlocking dragons and grid motifs
was discovered from the Nanyue King tomb in Guangzhou,
illustrated in Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue,
Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 45 (fig. 1).

fig. 1
圖一

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