A GROUP OF FIVE JADE CARVINGS (6)THE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品A GROUP OF FIVE JADE CARVINGSComprising a pale green jade plaque of a stylised dragon, Warring States period/Han dynasty, the sinuous single-horned creature carved with backward-turned head, 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide, stand; a pale green and russet jade tubular bead of tapering form, carved with a sinuous dragon clambering on its sides, 4.9cm (2in) high; and three jade cicadas, Han dynasty, the largest calcified with dark green patches, 5.5cm (2 1/2in) long, the other two of pale green and russet colour. (6).戰國/漢 玉龍形珮，玉管形飾 及漢 玉蟬 一組五件Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London (the stylised dragon plaque, acquired by the below on 27 February 1989; two smaller cicada, acquired on 27 June 1989; larger cicada, acquired on 14 July 1989)Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（玉龍形佩由以下藏家購於1989年2月27日；小玉蟬兩件購於1989年6月27日；大件玉蟬購於1989年7月14日）Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare the dragon plaque with a related jade 'dragon and phoenix' plaque, mid Warring States period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2710. For the calcified jade cicada, see two related jade carvings of cicadas, Han dynasty in the British Museum, London, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.319, no.24:9; for the smaller cicadas, see Ibid., p.39, no.24:08.sold_price_type: £