J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
95.
A JADE DRAGON PLAQUE FRAGMENT
Warring States Period, 5th-4th Century B.C.
boldly carved in profile and fully detailed on both sides, the head with blunt horn, large staring eyes, open jaws and incised teeth, the body with raised comma-spirals and fine linear details, the surface polished to a high gloss all over, the translucent stone of pale green and olive tone.
Length 3 3⁄4 inches (9.3 cm)
Ex Eskenazi, Ltd., London, acquired October, 1991
Compare the pair of large jade tiger plaques in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Washington, D.C., 1982, p. 149, no. 96.
戰國 龍形玉珮殘件 長9.3厘米
來源 1991年10月購自倫敦埃斯卡納齊
