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PAIR OF DRAGON PENDANTS Jade. Eastern Zhou period, 4th cent. BC ?????? - ??, ???4?? ? 14.3 ??; ??
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PAIR OF DRAGON PENDANTS
Jade. Eastern Zhou period, 4th cent. BC
?????? - ??, ???4??
? 14.3 ??; ?? 7 ??; ? 0.5 ??
These two imposing plaques are shaped like the silhouettes of dragons in profile. When placed one on top of the other, they match each other, suggesting that they were carved out of the same block of material sliced in two. The body of each dragon is bent in an s-shaped form, with the head turned towards the back and the tip of the snout touching the body. The long tail, which terminates in a bifurcated volute, is bent upwards and joins the rear part of the body. The dragons seem to be one-footed, with the leg bent in a curve below the arched, central portion of the body. A crest protrudes from behind the head. The bodies of the dragons are further decorated with incised motifs: large curls on the rear portion of the body and engraved lines marking the tails, neck and the crest. Traces of soil remain within the spirals incised on the dragons’ bodies. Another line marks the contour of the animal’s mouth while the eye is indicated by an oval incision. Two small perforations drilled from one side only and placed at the top centre of the dragons’ bodies act as suspension holes. The jade is mostly greyish in colour and rich in inclusions as indicated by the greyish and light brownish areas on parts of the surface. The surface of the two plaques also bear clear tool-marks in the shape of straight ridges and depressions generated when the block of jade was sliced and worked.
The rather course treatment of the present plaques may be explained assuming that they were funerary items and not ornaments intended to be worn by the living. Comparable pieces from a funerary context are those discovered in 1976 in the Han period tombs at Guangling, Yangzhou, Zhejiang Province, published in Yangzhou Museum, Han Guangling guo yuqi (Jade Wares of Guangling, Han Dynasty), Wenwu Chubanshe, Beijing 2003, nos. 83 and 84. Another comparable piece is represented by the dragon plaque in the Freer/Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC, said to come from Changsha, Hunan Province (acc. no. 17.372, reproduced in Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity, 480-221 BC, Washington, DC, 1982, no.101). See also the pair of plaques published in Filippo Salviati and Wolfmar Zacken, Archaische und antike jaden aus China, Teil 3, June 2011, Zacke, Vienna, no.14.
This jade is published in Filippo Salviati, Mysterious Jades of Ancient China, Edition Zacke 2014.
LENGTH 14.3 CM, MAX WIDTH 7 CM, THICKNESS 0.5 CM
From an Austrian private collection
Starting price: 4,000
Jade. Eastern Zhou period, 4th cent. BC
?????? - ??, ???4??
? 14.3 ??; ?? 7 ??; ? 0.5 ??
These two imposing plaques are shaped like the silhouettes of dragons in profile. When placed one on top of the other, they match each other, suggesting that they were carved out of the same block of material sliced in two. The body of each dragon is bent in an s-shaped form, with the head turned towards the back and the tip of the snout touching the body. The long tail, which terminates in a bifurcated volute, is bent upwards and joins the rear part of the body. The dragons seem to be one-footed, with the leg bent in a curve below the arched, central portion of the body. A crest protrudes from behind the head. The bodies of the dragons are further decorated with incised motifs: large curls on the rear portion of the body and engraved lines marking the tails, neck and the crest. Traces of soil remain within the spirals incised on the dragons’ bodies. Another line marks the contour of the animal’s mouth while the eye is indicated by an oval incision. Two small perforations drilled from one side only and placed at the top centre of the dragons’ bodies act as suspension holes. The jade is mostly greyish in colour and rich in inclusions as indicated by the greyish and light brownish areas on parts of the surface. The surface of the two plaques also bear clear tool-marks in the shape of straight ridges and depressions generated when the block of jade was sliced and worked.
The rather course treatment of the present plaques may be explained assuming that they were funerary items and not ornaments intended to be worn by the living. Comparable pieces from a funerary context are those discovered in 1976 in the Han period tombs at Guangling, Yangzhou, Zhejiang Province, published in Yangzhou Museum, Han Guangling guo yuqi (Jade Wares of Guangling, Han Dynasty), Wenwu Chubanshe, Beijing 2003, nos. 83 and 84. Another comparable piece is represented by the dragon plaque in the Freer/Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC, said to come from Changsha, Hunan Province (acc. no. 17.372, reproduced in Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity, 480-221 BC, Washington, DC, 1982, no.101). See also the pair of plaques published in Filippo Salviati and Wolfmar Zacken, Archaische und antike jaden aus China, Teil 3, June 2011, Zacke, Vienna, no.14.
This jade is published in Filippo Salviati, Mysterious Jades of Ancient China, Edition Zacke 2014.
LENGTH 14.3 CM, MAX WIDTH 7 CM, THICKNESS 0.5 CM
From an Austrian private collection
Starting price: 4,000
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PAIR OF DRAGON PENDANTS
Jade. Eastern Zhou period, 4th cent. BC
?????? - ??, ???4??
? 14.3 ??; ?? 7 ??; ? 0.5 ??
These two imposing plaques are shaped like the silhouettes of dragons in profile. When placed one on top of the other, they match each other, suggesting that they were carved out of the same block of material sliced in two. The body of each dragon is bent in an s-shaped form, with the head turned towards the back and the tip of the snout touching the body. The long tail, which terminates in a bifurcated volute, is bent upwards and joins the rear part of the body. The dragons seem to be one-footed, with the leg bent in a curve below the arched, central portion of the body. A crest protrudes from behind the head. The bodies of the dragons are further decorated with incised motifs: large curls on the rear portion of the body and engraved lines marking the tails, neck and the crest. Traces of soil remain within the spirals incised on the dragons’ bodies. Another line marks the contour of the animal’s mouth while the eye is indicated by an oval incision. Two small perforations drilled from one side only and placed at the top centre of the dragons’ bodies act as suspension holes. The jade is mostly greyish in colour and rich in inclusions as indicated by the greyish and light brownish areas on parts of the surface. The surface of the two plaques also bear clear tool-marks in the shape of straight ridges and depressions generated when the block of jade was sliced and worked.
The rather course treatment of the present plaques may be explained assuming that they were funerary items and not ornaments intended to be worn by the living. Comparable pieces from a funerary context are those discovered in 1976 in the Han period tombs at Guangling, Yangzhou, Zhejiang Province, published in Yangzhou Museum, Han Guangling guo yuqi (Jade Wares of Guangling, Han Dynasty), Wenwu Chubanshe, Beijing 2003, nos. 83 and 84. Another comparable piece is represented by the dragon plaque in the Freer/Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC, said to come from Changsha, Hunan Province (acc. no. 17.372, reproduced in Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity, 480-221 BC, Washington, DC, 1982, no.101). See also the pair of plaques published in Filippo Salviati and Wolfmar Zacken, Archaische und antike jaden aus China, Teil 3, June 2011, Zacke, Vienna, no.14.
This jade is published in Filippo Salviati, Mysterious Jades of Ancient China, Edition Zacke 2014.
LENGTH 14.3 CM, MAX WIDTH 7 CM, THICKNESS 0.5 CM
From an Austrian private collection
Starting price: 4,000
Jade. Eastern Zhou period, 4th cent. BC
?????? - ??, ???4??
? 14.3 ??; ?? 7 ??; ? 0.5 ??
These two imposing plaques are shaped like the silhouettes of dragons in profile. When placed one on top of the other, they match each other, suggesting that they were carved out of the same block of material sliced in two. The body of each dragon is bent in an s-shaped form, with the head turned towards the back and the tip of the snout touching the body. The long tail, which terminates in a bifurcated volute, is bent upwards and joins the rear part of the body. The dragons seem to be one-footed, with the leg bent in a curve below the arched, central portion of the body. A crest protrudes from behind the head. The bodies of the dragons are further decorated with incised motifs: large curls on the rear portion of the body and engraved lines marking the tails, neck and the crest. Traces of soil remain within the spirals incised on the dragons’ bodies. Another line marks the contour of the animal’s mouth while the eye is indicated by an oval incision. Two small perforations drilled from one side only and placed at the top centre of the dragons’ bodies act as suspension holes. The jade is mostly greyish in colour and rich in inclusions as indicated by the greyish and light brownish areas on parts of the surface. The surface of the two plaques also bear clear tool-marks in the shape of straight ridges and depressions generated when the block of jade was sliced and worked.
The rather course treatment of the present plaques may be explained assuming that they were funerary items and not ornaments intended to be worn by the living. Comparable pieces from a funerary context are those discovered in 1976 in the Han period tombs at Guangling, Yangzhou, Zhejiang Province, published in Yangzhou Museum, Han Guangling guo yuqi (Jade Wares of Guangling, Han Dynasty), Wenwu Chubanshe, Beijing 2003, nos. 83 and 84. Another comparable piece is represented by the dragon plaque in the Freer/Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC, said to come from Changsha, Hunan Province (acc. no. 17.372, reproduced in Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity, 480-221 BC, Washington, DC, 1982, no.101). See also the pair of plaques published in Filippo Salviati and Wolfmar Zacken, Archaische und antike jaden aus China, Teil 3, June 2011, Zacke, Vienna, no.14.
This jade is published in Filippo Salviati, Mysterious Jades of Ancient China, Edition Zacke 2014.
LENGTH 14.3 CM, MAX WIDTH 7 CM, THICKNESS 0.5 CM
From an Austrian private collection
Starting price: 4,000
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