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2748
A PALE YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE DRAGON-
HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100 – 771 BC
The flat pendant is carved as a humanoid figure shown in profile on top of a coiled
dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body. There is a hole pierced through the
upswept hair. The semi-translucent stone is of an even pale yellowish-celadon tone.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high, box

HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-10,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Chicago in 1993
Compare to a slightly smaller dragon-human form jade pendant (8.3
cm. high) of nearly identical proportion and design in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji – 2 – Shang, Xi
Zhou, Hebei, 1993, p. 101, no. 222 (fig. 1).

西周 青玉人龍珮

來源
1993 年購於芝加哥
比較北京故宮博物院所藏一件略小但造型、比例近乎相同的青玉人龍
珮，見《中國玉器全集 -2- 商．西周》，河北，1993 年，頁 101，圖
版 222（圖一）。
2748 fig. 1 Collection of the
Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品
2749
A JADE DRAGON-HUMAN FORM PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The pendant with curved outlines is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown
in profile, with the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and
trunk of the body. It is carved at one end with a human head depicted with upswept hair
and carved at the body with a dragon head.
2 º in. (5.5 cm.) high, box
HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1992
The combination of human and coiled animal motifs is typical for Western Zhou jades. A
similar pendant was excavated from tomb 2011 of the Western Zhou Guo Kingdom complex
at Sanmenxia, Henan province, illustrated in The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades,
2749 Beijing, 2007, p. 142.

西周 玉人龍紋珮

來源
藍田山房舊藏，1992 年購於台北

玉器所雕琢的人像的四肢與頭頂處有捲曲的龍、虎等神靈動物，為西周時期所特有。河南省三門
峽市虢國墓地 2011 號曾出土一大小及紋飾設計均同本件類似的玉珮，著於《中國古玉圖典》，
北京，2007 年，頁 142。新鄭縣唐戶三號墓曾出土兩件大小、形制、紋樣完全相同的人龍合雕玉
珮，其線圖著於《周原玉器》，台北，1996 年，圖版 8-11。

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