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LOT 2270

Chinese Green Jade Zhulong Pig Dragon

HONGSHAN NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4700–2500 BC B.C. OR LATER

2 1/4 in. (63 grams, 58 mm).

With large bulging eyes, a wrinkled snout and slightly protruding ears; slit below the sealed lips ended before meeting the central perforation; rear of neck drilled for suspension. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a private collection of a South German gentleman, who acquired it on the Munich art market in the 1970s.
Collection of Prof. Dr Peter Rothenhoefer, a notable collector of Chinese works of art.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Palace Museum Jadeware, vol. 40, 1996, pls. 7-8, for 'pig-dragons' in collections and exhibitions; Childs-Johnson, E., Jades of the Hongshan culture: the dragon and fertility cult worship, in Arts Asiatiques 46, 1991, pp. 82-95.

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LOT 2270

Chinese Green Jade Zhulong Pig Dragon

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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