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A PAIR OF CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ HUANG

EARLY TO MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY,

CIRCA MID-11TH-MID-9TH CENTURY BC

Each arc-shaped huang is carved on both sides with a sylised motif that represent the

dragon’s body and legs, that terminates at each end with an abstract dragon head. A small

hole is drilled for suspension to both ends of each jade.

3 æ in. (9.5 cm.) long, box (2)

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

PROVENANCE

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

EXHIBITED

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999,
Catalogue, pl. 124

LITERATURE

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 124

(detail 細部)

西周早中期 青玉龍紋璜一對

來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於 1999 年以前

展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖錄圖版124號

著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版124號

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