清十八世紀 白玉螭龍紋韘形佩

finely carved in high relief and pierced with a small and large chilong clambering around an oval-shaped she, the stone of very pale celadon-white colour

One chilong with a bruise to the tip of one ear, a small chip to the side of its tail and a crack to one foreleg. The other chilong with a tiny nick to one foreleg and a tiny chip to the other. There is a small chip to the stem of the lingzhi and a fissure to the she-shaped pendant which is inherent to the stone.
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此佩造型源自東漢原型，一例展於香港東方陶瓷學會《馳騁古今：中國藝術的仿摹與創新》，香港中文大學文物舘，香港，2006年，編號13。