A calcified jade 'dragon' pendant, heng, Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period | 東周春秋晚期　龍紋玉珩

Wu Tanghai, Jades of Spring and Autumn Period, Aurora Art Museum, Taipei, 2010, pl. 69.

Arc-shaped jade pendants such as the present lot is known as huang or heng, and were used in a jade pei ornament set, which would be worn from the belt. The pendant set would emit a faint, pleasant sound as the wearer walked, aligning with the customs of Confucian etiquette. Compare a similar 'double-dragon' huang excavated from tomb no. 1 at the Hougudui tomb site, Gushi County, Henan Province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 127. See also three similar jade pendants of smaller size, excavated from tomb of Jin State Minister Zhao near Taiyuan, Shanxi province in 1988, illustrated in Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quanji, [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 1, Hebei, 2005, nos.32-34.

出版

吳棠海，《春秋玉器》，震旦藝術博物館，台北，2010年，圖版69

玉質整體白化。呈下弦月形，左右兩端製作為側面龍首狀，龍首以橢圓形為眼、鼻頭上翹，龍口微張，張口處的圓形鑽空也兼具繫孔的功能。二個龍首之間以帶狀斜線紋分隔扇形區域，中央上方透穿一個繫帶孔，扇面內雕琢兩圈側面虺龍紋，其中兩個比較小，以鼻吻朝下、雙頷相連的形態位於繫孔下方；另外二個龍紋較大，以鼻吻朝外，彼此背對的形態分別扇片兩側。每個扇龍紋的輪廓完整，布局對稱，並用細扭紋紋裝飾，形象清晰而明朗。「璜」與「珩」，通常與其他玉飾組成玉佩組，懸掛於腰帶上。當佩戴者行走時，玉佩組會發出輕微悅耳的聲音，以符合儒家禮儀的風俗。可比較一件類似的雙龍首璜，出土於河南省固始縣侯古堆一號墓，著錄於《中國玉器全集春秋篇》，河北，1993年，圖127。另參考三件尺寸較小的類似玉璜，出土於1988年山西省太原市晉國趙卿墓，見楊伯達編《中國玉器全集（上）》，河北，2005年，圖32-34。