ID 807561
Lot 824 | A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY JADE 'DRAGON’ PENDANT
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The pendant is carved on one end with a dragon head with an elongated snout, ears pricked back and jaw agape. The sinuous body is defined with spiral scrolls within raised borders. The stone is of greenish-grey tone and is pierced with a single hole in the center for suspension.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
Provenance
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1999.
Literature
J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 59, no. 124.
D. Jones, “East meets West,” Minerva, November/December 2016, p. 39, no. 14 (lower left).
J. Desroches, “Jade, Silk and Porcelain: The Treasures of the Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in Montreal,” Arts of Asia, January-February 2017, p. 126, fig. 5.
Exhibited
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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