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CHINA, an openwork jade pendant in the form of a coiled dragon with incised decoration in a pale green stone, 9.5 cm long; a cloud dragon, probably c.18th century. Very fine, rare.
Ex. Taguchi Minoru collection (No.125) and private academic collection, Canberra. See Laufer (p.226, fig. 132) and Taguchi Minoru (p.17 centre jade in second bottom tray, This Jade, Xerox copy included in lot). References for this and next three lots: Laufer, Bethold; 1874-1934, 1946; Jade: a study in Chinese archaeology and religion, 2nd edition, South Pasadena: P.D. & T. Perkins. Taguchi Minoru, compiler, 1937: K*ori yoin, Ishimoto Kenji-kum Tsuit*oruku Kank* okai, Dairen-shi, China, (Japanese text).
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