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
