Published and Illustrated 出版:|Art and Imitation in China, Hong Kong, 2006, p.120, no.15|《馳騁古今：中國藝術的仿摹與創新》，香港，2006年，頁120，編號15|Exhibited 展覽:|University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong (14 October - 17 December 2006)|香港大學美術博物館，2006年10月14日至12月17日|Although purely ornamental, plaques like the present lot, which derived from archer's thumb rings, was still known as jue (the old term for the archer's ring during the Zhou dynasty) in the Han period. See J.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.180.|They were made in a variety of decorative styles, including more narrow and elongated forms such as the present lot. Stylistically, pieces found in the Western Han tombs tend to be more plain and simple, versus those attributed to the Eastern Han period with more elaborate side extensions formed by scrolling clouds or dragons, such as the present lot. |See related jade plaques of elongated proportions with sharp pointed elements in various museums: one with engraved dragon decoration and of similar size, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 4, Beijing, 2011, p.168, no.216; another in the British Museum, accession no.1945,1017.19; and another of similar size but slender shape, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth – Chinese Jades through the Ages, Taipei, 2015, p.89, fig.5-5-31.|玉質青色，表面大部分受沁，呈雞骨白色。器長橢圓形，雞心體凹弧，中心一圓孔，上部透雕一螭龍從一側環繞其上，另一側則透雕抽象鳳紋，一端出尖，線條流暢舒展，似鳳似雲。兩面則陰刻卷雲紋。|韘又名玦或射决，韘形佩又稱雞心佩，是由玉韘演變而來的裝飾用玉。考古最早發現的玉韘為商代殷墟婦好墓出土，為實用器。戰國以後逐漸變為裝飾用玉，至漢代尤為盛行。對玉韘及韘形佩的討論，見屈志仁，《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing》，紐約，1980年，頁180。|漢代時期的韘形佩保持了先秦玉韘的圓孔和三角形出尖，東漢時期其周圍的裝飾變得更加豐富多樣化，有在雞心頂部裝飾，亦猶如此例在兩側附飾，紋飾多不對稱，均為雙面雕。此件韘形佩器形較同類器物中更大，紋飾複雜，較為少見。|參看北京故宮博物院藏一件漢代螭紋韘形玉佩，其尺寸與此佩相當，見《故宮博物院藏品大系:玉器編4:漢魏晉南北朝》，北京，2001年，頁168，編號216；另見倫敦大英博物館藏一例，博物館編號1945,1017.19。台北國立故宮博物院亦藏一件東漢龍鳳紋韘形玉佩，器形稍窄但長度相當，見《敬天格物：中國歷代玉器》，台北，2012年，頁89，圖5-5-31。