A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAISTIC JADE 'PIG DRAGON' CARVING, ZHULONG
新石器時代 紅山文化或後期 青玉豬龍

A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAISTIC JADE 'PIG DRAGON' CARVING, ZHULONG

Hongshan Culture-style, but later

新石器時代 紅山文化或後期 青玉豬龍

The coiled zhulong ('Pig Dragon') carved with wide, bulging eyes and flared nostrils over a wrinkled snout, pierced with a small aperture for suspension, carved from a greyish-green stone streaked with dark veining and chalk-coloured inclusions

4.8cm long

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PROVENANCE:

From a private collection formed in the early 2000s