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A CELADON JADE ‘KUI-DRAGON’
PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C.1100-771 BC
The pendant is vividly carved as a horned dragon shown in profile,
and its mane, body and legs finely incised.
2 º in. (5.8 cm.) long, box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990

A similar jade carving of kui-dragon was excavated from Guo State
tomb, illustrated in Sanmenxia Guoguomu, Vol.1, Beijing, 1999, no. 66.

西周 玉夔龍形珮

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1990 年購於台北

虢國墓曾出土一件同本器形態類似的夔龍形珮，見《三門峽虢國墓》，
第一卷，北京，1999 年，圖版 66 號。

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A YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE ‘BIRD’ CIRCULAR PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY , C. 1100 – 771 BC
The pendant is incised on both sides with single and double groove
lines to depict a bird with a hooked beak coiled around the central
aperture.
2 in. (5 cm.) diam., box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
A nearly identical jade ‘bird’ circular pendant was excavated from tomb
no. BRM1-jia of the Western Zhou Yu State tomb complex at Baoji city,
Shaanxi province, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, p. 55,
which was discovered close to a string of agate pendants and was thus
likely to have been worn as a part of a suite of ornaments.

西周 鳥紋圓形珮

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1991 年購於台北
陝西省寳雞市西周 國墓群中的 BRM1 甲號墓曾出土類似例（52），其
出土於墓主人下腹左側，旁有瑪瑙串飾，因此推測為串飾的組件之一，
見《 國玉器》，北京，2010 年，頁 55。
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