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another view fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
另一面 圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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A VERY RARE JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-8 AD)

The ornament is carved as two conjoining dragons with their heads
curving upwards on either end, and their bodies decorated in relief
with comma spirals within raised borders. There is a suspension
hole drilled from both sides below the upper edge. The well-
polished stone is of a pale greyish-white tone with some areas of
calcification and russet inclusions.
3 Ω in. (9 cm.) long, box

HK$300,000-500,000US$39,000-65,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1997

This fine pendant is carved with two conjoined dragons with
their heads turning towards the centre. It is particularly finely
detailed and decorated, with well-defined features and a lustrous
polish. This type of pendants was popular in the Warring States
period. Compare an example from the Yanggongxiang tomb
now in the Beijing Palace Museum collection, illustrated in
Jadeware (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 169, no. 140 (fig. 1).

西漢 玉龍紋璜形珮

來源
1997年購於香港

青白玉，有土沁痕跡，體片狀，兩面紋飾相同。兩端各雕回首龍頭，
張口，杏眼，雲形角，身體卷曲如璜狀，飾勾連榖紋，下部廓外飾
流雲紋。

此璜狀珮雕刻精美細膩，玉質堅潤，拋光亮澤，是一件戰國玉雕精
品。此種造型在戰國時代流行，可以比較一件安徽長豐縣楊公鄉出
土，北京故宮博物院藏的雙龍首璜，著錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍
品全集 – 玉器（上）》香港，1995 年，頁 169，圖版 140 號（圖一）。

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