J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
101.
A PAIR OF ARCHAIC JADE DRAGON BEADS
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 6th – 5th Century B.C.
each miniature white jade feline beast carved in the round in a walking posture, the flattened body with relief scrolls on the flanks, the legs also scroll motifs and the small head with scroll-form muzzle, drilled transversely through the back for stringing.
Length 1 1⁄8 inches (2.7 cm) each
Compare the very similar jade bead illustrated by Zhang, Shanghai bowuguan cangpin yanjiu daxi: Zhongguo gudai yuqi (Research series of the Shanghai Museum Collection: Ancient Chinese Jades), Shanghai, 2009, p. 134, no. 96.
東周 龍形玉飾一對 各長2.7厘米
