Lot 498
  • 498

A JADE PENDANT, HUANG WARRING STATES PERIOD

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jade
  • 9 cm, 3 1/2  in.
of arched form with a circular aperture at each end, finely incised on both sides with dense comma motifs and a pair of stylised kui dragons, the stone of a brownish-yellow tone with attractive russet highlights

Provenance

Collection of 2nd Baron Cunliffe.

Exhibited

Early Chinese Art, A Catalogue of the Early Bronzes, Jades and Allied Decorative Works of Art from the Cunliffe Collection, London, Bluett and Sons, Ltd. 1973, cat. no. 92.

Condition

The pendant is in overall good condition with the exception of a tiny shallow chip on each side of the top edge (approx. 0.5x0.2 and 0.3x0.1 cm) as illustrated in the catalogue. There are very tiny nibbles to the extremities.
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