It is rare to find plaques or pendants of this particular slender dragon-form in this large size. With the development of large capital cities and expansion of inter-regional trade and commerce, a generation of enormous wealth grew during this period. Demand for a wide category of luxury goods including personal ornaments such as garment rings, pendants and plaques increased. Large plaques such as the present lot would have been expensive to acquire. |Compare a similar green 'dragon' jade plaque (17.1cm long), illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 3, Beijing, 2011, p.166, no.170. |A similarly formed partially calcified pale green jade 'dragon' pendant, Warring States period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 2001, lot 754.|玉質青綠色，器表輕微有白化現象，呈弧形彎曲。雙面雕刻，一端為龍首，龍首上刻菱形眼睛，翹鼻，張口，上方有後揚的鬃毛，龍身飾以密集的雲紋，為常見於戰國時期的紋飾，極具時代特色，末端平齊而不作錐狀。整體紋飾排列工整，製作嚴謹，是不可多得的佳品。|北京故宮博物院藏一件戰國時期的玉蠶紋龍形佩(17.1厘米長)可資比較，見《故宮博物院藏品大系:玉器編3:春秋戰國》，北京，2011年，頁166，圖版170。另對比一件戰國時期的青玉雕龍形佩，局部受沁，售於香港佳士得，2001年10月30日，編號754。