A JADE PIG-DRAGON PENDANT
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE (CIRCA 4000-3000 BC)

L 14.7 cm (5 3/4 in)

Provenance: An old collection of a Taiwanese collector

Reference: A similar jade beast-form slit-ring, jue from Neolithic Period, Hong Shan Culture, unearthed in Jianping county of Liaoning province and currently kept in Liaoning Provincial Museum, is illustrated in THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE WORKS 1 – PRIMITIVE SOCIETY, by Yongkang MOU and Xizheng YUN, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 1992, p.20, no.24

RESERVE: HK$ 600,000 / RMB 480,000