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Jade. China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th to 3rd cent. BC
A subtly arched decorative piece from a hanging jewelry ensemble, the composition is completely symmetrical and the representational dragons are wholly integrated in the decorative. Again archaic kuilong with energetic jaws and uptilted snouts. The entire form of this jade are reminiscent of a defensive taotie mask, which is here clearly illustrated. An eyelet and several perforations, legs standing outward toward the bottom. Decor with spirals in relief on both sides. This jade is brownish because of its iron content and features nice translucence, in backlighting already more red. 玉双龙佩玉佩 – 东周, 公元前4世纪-前3世纪 长 6,9 厘米; 宽4 厘米
HEIGHT 4 CM, WIDTH 6,9 CM
From an Austrian-Hungarian collection
Accompanying this jade, is an expertise by Univ. Prof. Dr. Filippo Salviati. Also from him, is the following information about comparative examples from publicized excavations or offered from specialist literature: Similar arched girdle pendants in openwork with dragons carved at the sides have been discovered in tombs of the Chu state excavated from the mid-1050s at Changtaiguan, Xinyang, Henan Province: see H. S. Hansford, Chinese Carved Jades, London 1968, fig.29B. A comparable ornament of an earlier date was excavated in 1971 from a late Spring and Autumn tomb at Fenshuiling, Changzhi city, Shanxi Province, published in Yang Boda, Zhongguo meishu quanji: yuqi (Chinese works of art series: jade) vol.9, Beijing 1986, no.110. Four other comparative jades of the same type are illustrated in M. Loehr, and L. G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1975, no.502 to 505.