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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 231

A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' PE NDANT, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 USD

A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 白玉鏤雕雙螭龍紋珮

finely carved in openwork in the form of a square pendant with a pierced aperture at the center, one side carved in relief with a
large sinuous chilong clambering up the pendant to nuzzle a small shrew, the dragon's bifurcated tail interlocking that of a smaller
chilong suspended from the lower edges, the reverse incised with scrolling clouds, the pure stone of an even white color

Height 2½ in., 6.2 cm

Provenance
C.T. Loo, New York, 15th May 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
盧芹齋，紐約，1946年5月15日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
Finely carved with archaistic motifs and worked from translucent, bright white stone, this pendant is emblematic of Qianlong
period workmanship. For related Qianlong period white jade pendants, see one with chilong similarly clambering on the sides, sold

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