A VERY RARE AND SUPERB PALE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FIGURAL PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE AND SUPERB PALE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FIGURAL PENDANT WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC The thin, flat plaque of curved outline is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile, the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body, and the head with a distinctive profile and long, upswept hair that forms a backward-facing, S-shaped dragon beneath a small tab pierced with a suspension hole drilled from one side. Another small hole is drilled from one side through the legs. The translucent stone of off-white color has some tiny areas of opaque buff alteration, and some tiny surface accretions, including cinnabar. Together with Chinese Jade: Selected articles from Orientations 1983-1996 , Hong Kong 1997. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, box
A VERY RARE AND SUPERB PALE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FIGURAL PENDANT
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE AND SUPERB PALE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE FIGURAL PENDANT WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC The thin, flat plaque of curved outline is finely carved as a crouching humanoid figure shown in profile, the legs drawn up beneath the coiled dragon which forms the arms and trunk of the body, and the head with a distinctive profile and long, upswept hair that forms a backward-facing, S-shaped dragon beneath a small tab pierced with a suspension hole drilled from one side. Another small hole is drilled from one side through the legs. The translucent stone of off-white color has some tiny areas of opaque buff alteration, and some tiny surface accretions, including cinnabar. Together with Chinese Jade: Selected articles from Orientations 1983-1996 , Hong Kong 1997. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, box
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