A jade dragon pendant, Shang dynasty | 商 玉雕龍紋珮
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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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A jade dragon pendant, Shang dynasty
商 玉雕龍紋珮
the arc-shaped pendant carved from a thin slice of ochre-brown jade, incised on bo🍒th sides to represent a dragon, with traces of cinnabar, the slightly splayed 'tail' and inner edge sharpened like a blade, the open mouth with a single hole for attachment
Length 10.3 cm, 4 in.
Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.
Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 138.
Richard C. Bull 伉儷收藏
紐約蘇富比1983年12月6日，編號138
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:12
羅森，《Chine🐲se Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》， 倫敦，1995年，圖版12:12
Anthology of Chinese Art, Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kongꦐ, 1985, cat. no. 19.
《中國文物集珍：敏求精舍銀禧紀念展覽》，香港，1985年， 編號19