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                                                                          A RARE ARCHAISTIC GREEN AND RUSSET
                                                                          JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG
                                                                          Warring States
                                                                          The flat arch-shaped pendant carved in the form of
                                                                          a stylised dragon with prominent scrolling horn and
                                                                          manes to one end, leading to the tapering scaly
                                                                          body detailed with dense interlocking C-scrolls, the
                                                                          stone of an even green tone with russet inclusions,
                                                                          fitted box.
                                                                          12.1cm (4 3/4in) long. (2).

                                                                          £4,000 - 6,000
                                                                          CNY36,000 - 53,000

                                                                          戰國 青玉帶皮勾雲紋龍形璜

                                                                          Provenance: M.E.McPherson collection, no.J.81C
                                                                          (label on box)

                                                                          來源: M.E.McPherson舊藏,藏品編號J.81C (標貼)

                                                                          Two related jade huang with dragon heads, Warring
                                                                          States, are illustrated in the Compendium of
                                                                          Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3, Spring
                                                                          and Autumn Period and Warring States Period,
                                                                          Beijing, 2011, p.69, nos.66 and 67.







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                                                                          AN ARCHAIC JADE PLAQUE
                                                                          Warring States
                                                                          Of flattened rectangular form with stepped edges,
                                                                          the surface covered with incised curvilinear motifs,
                                                                          and pierced lengthwise with a circular aperture,
                                                                          the stone of a mottled toffee-brown tone.
                                                                          10.5cm (4 1/8in) long.

                                                                          £4,000 - 6,000
                                                                          CNY36,000 - 53,000

                                                                          戰國 玉勾雲紋飾件

                                                                          Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler collection, by repute

                                                                          來源: 據傳為亞瑟·賽克勒舊藏

                                                                          Compare with a related jade pendant of stepped
                                                                          form, Spring and Autumn period, illustrated in the
                                                                          Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
                                                                          Jade 3, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring
                                                                          States Period, Beijing, 2011, p.53, no.44.











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