J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
97.
AN ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT (HUANG)
Late Warring States Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
of slender arc shape, finely carved at each end with a dragon head with blunt snout and open jaws, decorated on both sides with raised comma spirals between wedge-shaped borders, the edges finely finished, highly polished all over, with a small hole at the center of the arc for stringing.
Width 3 1⁄4 inches (9.5 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 82
Compare the similar jade huang of smaller size in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cangpin daxi: yuqi bian (Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade), Vol. 3, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, Beijing, 2011, p. 135, no. 134.
戰國晚期 玉璜 寬9.5厘米
來源 藍理捷1993特展圖錄第82號
97.
AN ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT (HUANG)
Late Warring States Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
Width 3 1⁄4 inches (9.5 cm)