戰國 絞絲龍形玉佩, Knotted Dragon Pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), 3rd century B.C., China, Jade (nephrite), H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm), Jade, This pendant takes the shape of a dragon with a sinuous body grooved to resemble twisted rope. It illustrates the extraordinary talent and skill of early Chinese jade carvers, in whose hands intractable jade seems a supple and malleable material
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戰國 絞絲龍形玉佩, Knotted Dragon Pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475–221 B.C, 3rd century, China, Jade, nephrite, H, 3 1/8, 7.9 cm, W, 2 1/16, 5.2, pendant, takes, shape, dragon, sinuous body, grooved, resemble twisted, rope, illustrates, extraordinary talent, skill, early Chinese, jade, carvers, hands intractable, seems, supple, malleable material
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