A GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT Warring States periodPROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSA GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANTWarring States periodWorked in the form of a sinuous dragon with its head turned towards an upturned tail, the body carved in low relief with slightly raised 'comma' spirals and incised with lines detailing features of the head and tail, the stone a dark green hue with inclusions. 5in (12.7cm) long Provenance:Graham Frasier, circa 2000See six related jade pendants, each excavated from Warring States period tombs in Henan and Hunan provinces, published in Gu Fang, ed., The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese JadesZhongguo gu yuqi tudian, Beijing, Wenwu chubanshe, 2007, pp 190-192.Compare a similar jade pendant, attributed to the Eastern Zhou/Han dynasty, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 2022, lot 143. -