A PAIR OF OPAQUE ALTERED JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
A PAIR OF OPAQUE ALTERED JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC Each flat plaque is finely carved in the shape of a dragon with upward-turned head at one end of the sharply arched, S-shaped body, and a coiled tail at the other end that terminates in a bird's head with curled beak. The body is carved on both sides in low relief with comma spirals and the tail with scales on either side of a central striated band, and each body is drilled from both sides with a suspension hole. Each is of olive-green color with extensive opaque ivory or buff-colored alteration. 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) wide, box
A PAIR OF OPAQUE ALTERED JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
A PAIR OF OPAQUE ALTERED JADE DRAGON-FORM PENDANTS WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC Each flat plaque is finely carved in the shape of a dragon with upward-turned head at one end of the sharply arched, S-shaped body, and a coiled tail at the other end that terminates in a bird's head with curled beak. The body is carved on both sides in low relief with comma spirals and the tail with scales on either side of a central striated band, and each body is drilled from both sides with a suspension hole. Each is of olive-green color with extensive opaque ivory or buff-colored alteration. 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) wide, box
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