† A YELLOWISH GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, WARRING STATES

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† A YELLOWISH GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT, WARRING STATES Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a dating to ca. 475-221 BCE. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A copy of Dr. Gu's signed expertise, dated 1 February 2022, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012). China, c. 475-221 BC. The dragon is finely carved with a sinuous S-shaped body, its head turned backward and the tail terminating in two curling, bifurcated branches. Both sides are decorated throughout with a dense pattern of raised comma spirals. The translucent jade is of a yellowish-green color with russet patches and areas of calcification. Dimensions: Length 9.7 cm Literature comparison: Compare a pair of jade ‘S’ dragons with raised scroll pattern in The British Museum, Museum number 2022,3034.143. Note the similar form, style, and carving. Note the size (c. 12 cm) Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2716 Price: HKD 750,000 or approx. EUR 91,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. Note the size (16.3 cm). 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU. 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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