AN ARCHAIC JADE 'KUI DRAGON' PENDANT Western Zhou DynastyTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品AN ARCHAIC JADE 'KUI DRAGON' PENDANTWestern Zhou DynastyThe creature vividly carved as a crouching horned dragon shown in profile, its muscular body finely incised before a long curling tail, the stone of yellowish-green tone. 4.7cm (1 7/8in) long.西周 龍形玉佩Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA British private collection, acquired from the above on 16 May 2014Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.74來源：倫敦古董商 Roger Keverne Ltd.英國私人收藏，2014年5月16日從上處購得展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，2011年，倫敦，編號74Compare with a similar jade carving of kui-dragon which excavated from a Guo State tomb, illustrated in Sanmenxia Guoguomu, vol.1, Beijing, 1999, no.66. Compare also with a similar dragon-shaped pendant, Shang dynasty, in the British Museum, London, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl.12:7, p213.A similar archaic jade dragon, late Shang/early Western Zhou dynasty, was sold at Bonhams New York, 21 July 2020, lot 87 (part lot).sold_price_type: £