Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:11thC BC-8thC BC
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, incised, polished (?), bevelled,
Dimensions:Length: 8.30 centimetres Width: 2 centimetres
Description:
Huang pendant of very translucent white jade with small brown speckled areas finished to a good polish. The curved disc segment is finely worked with double-line and bevelled cut incisions representing two confronting dragons with interlocking bodies. The two ends are notched and perforated. Both sides are similarly carved.
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Comments:This arc-shaped pendant was suspended from two holes at its ends. The edges of each end are shaped to follow the line of the dragons’ crests that are carved within the pendant surface. Below these crests are the profile heads of the dragons with large slanting eyes, and a curved jaw-line indicated by a line that terminates in a small rounded scroll derived from Neolithic carving. The same kind of lines demarcate curved upper limbs and long extended lower ones, and these become intertwined at the centre of the pendant. Sloping limbs give the impression that the dragons crouch, a pose adopted on both Shang and Western Zhou plaques. See Rawson 1995, pp.240-241, cat.no.14.4. Western Zhou. Length 83mm.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved, incised, polished (?), bevelled,
Dimensions:Length: 8.30 centimetres Width: 2 centimetres
Description:
Huang pendant of very translucent white jade with small brown speckled areas finished to a good polish. The curved disc segment is finely worked with double-line and bevelled cut incisions representing two confronting dragons with interlocking bodies. The two ends are notched and perforated. Both sides are similarly carved.
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Comments:This arc-shaped pendant was suspended from two holes at its ends. The edges of each end are shaped to follow the line of the dragons’ crests that are carved within the pendant surface. Below these crests are the profile heads of the dragons with large slanting eyes, and a curved jaw-line indicated by a line that terminates in a small rounded scroll derived from Neolithic carving. The same kind of lines demarcate curved upper limbs and long extended lower ones, and these become intertwined at the centre of the pendant. Sloping limbs give the impression that the dragons crouch, a pose adopted on both Shang and Western Zhou plaques. See Rawson 1995, pp.240-241, cat.no.14.4. Western Zhou. Length 83mm.
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