Description: Fine Antique - Archaic Chinese Carved Jade Double Dragon Pendant Or Plaque - Huang.Brown Coloration.Fine Detailed Carving With A Soft Polish And Soft Silky Patina.Approximately 3 1/2" Wide x 1 1/2" High.From A Florida Estate.(T9607) For A Similar Example:Sotheby's Hong Kong November 28-29, 2019 - CHINESE ART, INCLUDING SNUFF BOTTLES AND JADES FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION,Lot #792:AN ARCHAISTIC JADE 'DRAGON' PLAQUE, HUANGPROBABLY QING DYNASTYthe curved plaque terminating into a large above a smaller dragon head on each end, worked in low relief with archaistic scrolls and bosses, the pale celadon and russet jade with calcified patches12.9 cm, 5 1/8 in.PROVENANCESpinks & Son Ltd., London, by repute (Label).Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 HKD - 8,925 - 11,475USDLOT SOLD. 87,500 HKD (11,156 USD)See Ending Image For Another Similar Example:Christie's London - Sale #18177 - The Art of China: Spring EditionOnline|13 - 20 February 2020 Lot #130:A YELLOW JADE HUANGMING DYNASTY (1368-1644)The ornament is incised to one side with an intricate network of stylised scrolls. The stone is of a rich greenish-yellow tone, with areas of creamy calcification.41⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) wideEstimate: GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000 (USD 1,890 - USD 2,520)Price Realised: GBP 11,875See Ending Image For Another Similar Example:Sotheby's London - Important Chinese Art - November 3, 2021; Lot #116; DESCRIPTION A rare celadon jade arc-shaped pendant, huangLate Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th/3rd century BC東周 青白玉龍紋璜of arc-shaped form, terminating in a pair of dragon-heads on each end pierced with a small aperture, the intertwining bodies finely incised to both sides, the translucent stone with scattered calcified areasLength 13.4 cm, 5¼ in. Catalogue NoteArc-shaped pendants, huang, such as the present piece were held in great esteem by the nobility of the late Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC). Such pendants were worn as articles of personal adornment, suspended in pectorals on the front of the body in combination with other ornaments. Such was their popularity that they were also buried with their owners accompanying and adorning them in the afterlife. Some late Eastern Zhou lacquered wood figurines excavated from Chu kingdom tombs show such sets worn over the skirts of long garments, see, for example, Chen Wanxiong, ed., Zhongguo dicheng wenhua daxi. Chu wenhua / Great series on Chinese regional cultures. Chu culture, Hong Kong, 1997, pl. 210; or line drawings in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, The British Museum, London, 1995, p. 263, fig. 1. A pendant set from the late Western Zhou period (c. 1046-771 BC) was included in the exhibition Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth. A Guide to Chinese Jades Through the Ages, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2011, p. 81, fig. 5-5-8. According to the Museum, this set represents one of the popular combinations from the mid-Western Zhou to the late Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), and the number of huang in a set would have indicated the social status of its owners. Compare also a smaller huang terminating with a pair of dragon heads, but carved with interlocking T-scrolls, sold in our New York rooms, 18th March 2014, lot 149. For huang of similar size and design, made of a similarly coloured soft jade with calcified patches, compare examples discovered in the Western Han tomb of Zhao Mo, Emperor Wen (r. 137-122), the King of Nanyue, published in Jades in the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Guangzhou, 1991, pls. 57, 138 and 149. Estimate: 35,000 - 45,000 GBPLot sold: 44,100GBP - 58355.28USD
Price: 7500 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
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Type: Necklaces & Pendants
Region of Origin: China
Featured Refinements: Antique Jade Dragon Pendant
Color: Brown
Age: Pre-1800
Primary Material: Jade
Maker: Unknown
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original