A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PENDANT Han Dynasty (2)A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PENDANTHan DynastyThe flat plaque with a pair of stylised dragon and phoenix, their long bodies with pierced scrolling limbs surrounding an oval panel carved with a pointed end and a large central circular aperture, the stone of greenish white tone with russet veining, box. 8cm (3 1/8in) high. (2).漢 白玉雕龍鳳紋韘形佩For a related Han dynasty 'winged figure and dragon' pendant, see the example in the Tianjin Museum, illustrated by Bai Wenyuan ed., Jade Wares Collected by Tianjin Museum, Beijing, 2012, p.114; the carving style of the 'dragon and phoenix' motif on the present pendant is close to that found during the late Western Han to Eastern Han period. Compare also with the late Western Han period pendants excavated in Ganquan, Yangzhou, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, Beijing, 1993, pls.199-201.白玉質，間有褐色沁，外緣鏤空雕一龍一鳳於兩側，龍首盤亙於韘正中，鳳回首啣羽，佩身兩面皆陰刻雲氣紋，韘孔邊緣以刻陰線一周。本件陰刻紋飾可比較天津博物館藏一件漢代羽人螭紋韘形佩，見天津博物館編，《天津市博物館藏玉》，北京，2012年，頁114。此佩龍鳳紋線條修長，各部分且以彎鉤結尾，近西漢晚期至東漢風格，可比較揚州甘泉西漢晚期「妾莫書」出土之雲龍佩、韘形佩及玉觽，其龍鳳紋風格與本件頗似，見《中國玉器全集》，1993年，北京，編號199至201。