AN ARCHAIC PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' PLAQUE Spring and Autumn PeriodTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品AN ARCHAIC PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' PLAQUESpring and Autumn PeriodThe flat pendant shape finely carved as a dragon shown in profile with its head turned backward, the sinuous body decorated with double lines before the notched back and a curling tail, the short sides and underside pierced with eight small holes for attachment, the semi-translucent stone of an even pale greenish tone. 5.7cm (2 1/8in) long.春秋 龍形玉佩Provenance: T.B. Walker Foundation, Minneapolis, MinnesotaSotheby's New York, 29 November 1988, lot 6Alan and Simone Hartman, New YorkChristie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1575Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA British private collection, acquired from the above on 11 February 2008Published, Illustrated and Exhibited： Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1950, pl.II, no.2R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.11Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.73來源：托馬斯•巴羅•沃克基金會舊藏，明尼阿波利斯，明尼蘇達州紐約蘇富比，1988年11月29日，拍品編號6哈特曼伉儷舊藏，紐約香港佳士得，2007年11月27日，拍品編號1575倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.英國私人收藏，2008年2月11日從上處購得展覽著錄：《Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center》，明尼阿波利斯， 1950年，圖版編號II， 編號2R.Kleiner, 《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》, 香港, 1996年, 編號11紐約佳士得, 2001年3月13-26日波士頓美術館, 2003年8月-2004年12月Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號73Compare with a related jade 'dragon' plaque, Spring and Autumn period, which was excavated from the tomb of Guoguo, Sanmenxia, Henan province, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.185See also a related pale celadon jade 'dragon' pendant, Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2761.sold_price_type: £