A very rare and fine arc-shaped pendant of Huang type

Description:

China, Warring State period
L. 29,4 cm
Decorated with comma-shaped motifs in relief and dragon-head finials, with an animal mask in the center; greenish-yellow translucent jade with patches of light brown “calcification” resulting from age and burial.
From a German private collection, according to the present owner in the family since around 1920, published in Nagel Auktionen, Auction 31A, 17th of May, 2006, lot 811 - Good condition, partial light-brown corrosion - cf. Zhou, Nanquan (ed.), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware I, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 1995, nos. 131, 133, 136-138; Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth, Lustrous, Enduring and Translucent - Jades from Traditional China, New York: Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., 1999, no. 37; Salviati, Filippo, Radiant Stones - Archaic Chinese Jades / Pierres Radieuses - Jades Archaiques Chinois, Paris: Myrna Myers, 2000, no. 105.