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Lot details Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Jade. China, Warring States period, 5th-3rd century BC The flat plaque is finely carved on one end in the form of a dragon depicted with circular eyes, a snout-like nose, interlinking with a phoenix terminating with its head carved to the other end. Their body is decorated throughout with comma spirals as well as two small birds and terminates to the lower end with a further dragon head. The phoenix’ beak is lowered toward a large silkworm. The translucent stone is of an even white tone with veins and patches of russet as well as black speckles and icy inclusions. Many variations exist of this type of dragon pendant. However, the current example is noted for its fine material, lustrous polish, and large size. It also has very attractive coloration around the edges. Compare a pendant of similar form but with more complex surface decoration, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Jadeware (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 180, no. 150. Auction comparison: Compare a related but smaller (13 cm long) white jade dragon-form pendant, also dated to the Warring States period, at Christie’s Hong Kong in Adorning the Kings - A Private Collection of Archaic Jade Ornaments on 31 May 2017, lot 2719 (sold for HKD 1,860,000). LENGTH 21.7 cm Provenance: Private Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke.