A SMALL ARCHAIC JADE CARVING OF A 'PIG DRAGON', ZHULONG

Neolithic Period, Hongshan Culture (Circa 3500 - 2000 B.C.E)

新石器時代 紅山文化或後期 玉豬龍

The coiled zhulong ('Pig Dragon') delicately carved with wide, bulging eyes and flared nostrils over a wrinkled snout, the slit below the lips terminating before meeting the central perforation, pierced with a small aperture for suspension, carved from a mottled green stone streaked with inclusions,

7cm high

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REFERENCE:

Please refer to Jades of Hongshan Culture, 2007, Taipei, pg. 63, no. 15; Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, pg. 27. See also Liaoning Archaeological Institute, Niuheliang Hongshan wenhua yizhi yu yuqi jingcui (A short presentation of the Niuheliang archaeological site, Hongshan culture and its jades), Beijing, 1997, nos: 1, 2 and 5.