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A jade ‘dragon’ pendant, xi, Western Han dynasty | 西漢 玉龍首觿

Auction Closed

May 7, 10:26 AM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 500,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

6.7 cm

Chang Wei-Hwa, Taipei, 12th June 1993.

The Lantien Shanfang Collection, no. HJ-151.

Compare a similar dragon pendant excavated from the tomb in Beishantou in Anhui Province, dated Western Han dynasty, illustrated in Gu Fang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.240; Another related example is in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth – Chinese Jades Through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, p.84, pl.5-5-17; and a third example in the Aurora Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Tsai Ching-Liang, Jades of Han Dynasty, Taipei, 2005, pl.51.


來源

雲中居,台北,1993年6月12日入藏

藍田山房收藏,編號HJ-151


西漢時期的玉觽多有穿孔,基本為裝飾玉,除用於組玉佩之外,亦可作為單體佩飾,此龍鳳形觽即為一例。安徽省巢湖市北山頭西漢墓出土一件龍形玉觽可資比較,見古方,《中國古玉器圖典》,北京,2007年,頁240。另見台北故宮博物院藏一件戰國晚期至西漢早期的鳳形佩,見《敬天格物:中國歷代玉器》,台北,2012年,頁84,圖5-5-17。另見震旦博物館藏一件西漢龍紋觽,見蔡慶良,《漢代玉器》,台北,2005年,頁113,圖版51。

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