Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 950 B.C.
of flared cylindrical form, carved with profile dragons in rising parallel spiral bands, remains of cinnabar red highlighting the design, a wide channel for stringing.
Length 2 inches (5 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 73
A very similar pendant from the Hotung Collection is illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 240, no. 14:3, with a panoramic view showing the decoration unrolled on p. 50.
西周早期 龍紋玉飾 長5厘米
來源 藍理捷1993特展圖錄第73號