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27 東周 黃玉龍紋環
A YELLOW JADE ‘DRAGON’ RING
Eastern Zhou Dynasty 來源：
Asymmetrically carved with a stylised dragon head, foot and tail 香港張陶然先生舊藏，1986年
extending from a circular disc, intricately carved on both sides of the 松竹堂收藏，編號35
ring with a dense pattern of tight scrolls, the dragon head detailed with
circular eyes and a prominent snout, the stone of a pale yellow tone 出版及著錄：
with minor russet inclusions. 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版35
6cm (2 3/8in) long.

HK$40,000 - 60,000 黃玉質，局部微白化，受沁呈褐色。扁平體，以玉璧為主體，斜對側
US$5,100 - 7,700 透雕龍首及龍尾，雙面雕隱起蟠虺紋，工藝繁複，造型別緻，屬東周
時期很有特色的一件玉器。
Provenance:
Cheung Tao Yin, Hong Kong, 1986 春秋戰國時期的玉器造型趨於多樣化，已流行在璧或璜的內孔和外緣
The Songzhutang collection, no.35 上鏤雕精美的紋飾如龍鳳紋，突破了傳統圓或圓弧造型的成規。類似
於此璧的造型較為罕見，上海博物館藏一件春秋晚期的雙龍首玉環可
Published and Illustrated: 資參考，其器表上飾相似的蟠虺紋。這類蟠虺紋也見於同時期的青銅
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 器上，為春秋晚期玉器上最為流行的紋飾，見張尉著，《上海博物館
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.35 藏品研究大系：中國古代玉器》，上海，2009年，頁134，圖版95。

Jades of the Warring States period exhibit a more extravagant 同樣於外緣鏤雕紋飾的玉璧例子可參考山東省曲阜縣魯國故城乙組58
aesthetic compared to earlier periods. In addition to lavish grounds 號墓出土一件戰國中期的鳳紋玉璧，見古方編，《中國古玉器圖典》
of raised bosses and spirals, it became popular to embellish bi discs ，北京，2007年，頁179；也參考河南省洛陽市西工區出土一件戰國
or huang pendants with an elaborate design of reticulated dragons, 雙龍形玉璧，見《中國出土玉器全集5》，北京，2010年，頁211。
raised bosses and incised carving, as exemplified in the present lot.
Bi discs of the same design as the present lot are rare. For a related
example of a bi disc with a similarly carved ground of scrolling pattern,
issuing two dragons from the edge, Spring and Autumn period, in
the Shanghai Museum, see Zhang Wei, Shanghai bowuguan cangpin
yanjiu daxi: Zhongguo gudai yuqi, Beijing, 2009, p.134, pl.95. This
type of scrolling pattern, also known as the ‘coiling snake’ or panhui
motif, was popular during the Spring and Autumn period and can be
found on bronze vessels as well. For further related examples, see
one excavated from tomb no.58 in the old capital city of the State of
Lu in Qufu, Shandong Province, mid Warring States period, illustrated
by Gufang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades,
Beijing, 2007, p.179; compare also a bi disc, Warring States period,
excavated from Xigongwu in Luoyang, Henan Province, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.5, Beijing,
2010, p.211.

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