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2771                                                                  戰國晚期至西漢早期 白玉雙鳳紋珮及白玉龍紋觿一對
AN EXCEPTIONAL SET OF
WHITE JADE ‘DOUBLE PHOENIX’                                           來源
PENDANT AND A PAIR OF                                                 養德堂珍藏,台北,入藏於 1999 年以前
‘DRAGON’ ORNAMENTS, XI
                                                                      展覽
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY                                   國立故宮博物院,《羣玉別藏續集》,台北,1999年,圖錄
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY                                                   圖版213號

The set comprises a flattened oval pendant decorated to the narrow    著錄
sides with a pair of stylised phoenix, carved with scrolling bodies   鄧淑蘋,《羣玉別藏續集》,台北,1999年,圖版213號
and pierced to the centre with a circular aperture. The pair of xi
are carved in the shape of a dragon shown in profile, with tiny
circular eyes, a curled crest and incised details on the curved body
that terminates in a point.
Pendant: 2 …Õ⁄”ÿ in. (7.5 cm.) long;
Xi: 4 Õ⁄”ÿ in. (11 cm.) long, box (3)

HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

PROVENANCE

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

EXHIBITED

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 213

LITERATURE

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1999, pl. 213

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