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A PALE CELADON JADE RETICULATED
‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISC, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The disc is carved and pierced with a dragon and a phoenix facing
opposite directions, the stone with a greyish-green tone.

3¡ in. (8.5 cm.) diam., box

HK$600,000-800,000 US$77,000-100,000
P R O V E N AN C E
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1995

A jade disc similarly carved with a dragon and a phoenix was found
in the Nanyue King tomb in Guangzhou, illustrated in Jades from
the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 148 (fig. 1). fig. 1
圖一
西漢 青白玉鏤空雕龍鳳紋璧

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1995年購於台北

廣州南越王墓有一件紋飾相似的龍鳳紋玉璧，見《南越王墓玉器》，
香港，1991年，圖版148號（圖一）。

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