A CELADON JADE 'TWIN DRAGON' PENDANT WARRING STATES PERIOD | 戰國 青玉雙龍珮
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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ARCHAIC AND ARCHAISTIC JADES FROM THE MICHAEL GULBENKIAN COLLECTION
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A CELADON JADE 'TWIN DRAGON' PENDANT
WARRING STATES PERIOD
戰國 青玉雙龍珮
modelled as two intertwined dragons with long snouts and curled horns, detailed to the body on both sides with stylised 'C' scrolls and centred with a taotie mask design below a small aperture, the stone of even celadon tone with faint white highlights
Length 9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.
For a very similar double-dragon pendant, dated to the Eastern Zhou, see A. Salmony, Carved Jade of Ancient China, 1982, pl. XL, no. 3; compare another example, published in W. Charles Wright, Tombs of Old Loyang, Shanghai, 1934, pl. CXXVI, no. 311.