A PAIR OF JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANTSJade. China, Han dynasty, 206 BC – 220 ADEach pendant of this pair is carved in the shape of an imposing dragon in profile. Their sinuous bodies, bend in an s-shaped, are decorated with raised curls and finely incised lines. The heads exhibits all the common features of feline-like dragons with slanted eyes, upturned ears and fangs protruding from the mouth.The jade of this pair is of a celadon to russet tone with areas of calcification. The jade seen on the right is almost entirely calcified showing intense white marbling.Literature comparison:Compare closely related jade pendants published and illustrated in Filippo Salviati, 4000 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades, Edition Zacke, Vienna 2017, p. 266-267, nos. 281-282.HEIGHT 10.8 cm eachProvenance: Private Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022).