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fig. 1 Collection of the Aurora Art Museum, Taipei
圖一 震旦藝術博物館藏品

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A RARE YELLOW JADE ‘DRAGON’ HUANG A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DISC, BI

EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220) HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD)

Each side of the arched pendant is carved with five pairs of dragons; The disc is pierced with a central circle and decorated similarly on
including a pair of confronting dragons surrounding an abstract each side with a band of comma swirls, within an inner and outer
animal mask below a suspension hole drilled through both sides of raised border.
the stone. 3 √ in. (10 cm.) diam., box
6 Ω in. (17 cm.) long, box
HK$80,000-150,000US$11,000-19,000
HK$600,000-800,000US$78,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994
漢 褐青玉璧
Compare a jade huang also decorated with five pairs of dragons
and carved with notched edges, now in the Aurora Art Museum 來源
Collection, illustrated in Handai Yuqi, Taipei, 2005, p. 101, no. 1998 年購於香港
40. (fig. 1)

東漢 黃玉龍紋璜

來源
1994 年購於香港

可參考一件同樣雕五對龍紋的玉璜，藏震旦藝術博物館，著錄於
2005 年台北出版《漢代玉器》，頁 101，圖版 40 號（圖一）。

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