A PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR PENDANT Western Zhou Dynasty (2)A PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR PENDANTWestern Zhou DynastyThe rectangular plaque finely carved on both sides with double-line incisions and bevelled cuts with two confronted dragons, intertwining with two smaller phoenixes with striated bands weaving between the bodies, box. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long (2).西周 青白玉龍鳳紋柄形器The present ornament displays an elegant combination of two zoomorphic elements, depicting a phoenix perched on top of a coiling dragon, the contours rendered in double-line grooves, a style characteristic of the Western Zhou dynasty. A very similar example depicting the same motif is in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Yang Boda, Zhongguo yuqi quanji, Shijiazhuang, 2005, pl.281.青白玉質，打磨略成片狀長方形，兩面皆砣刻龍鳳紋，兩端龍紋呈S形，彎曲處再出鳳首，一段穿孔。 此器紋飾用刀偏斜，且紋飾為西周典型風格，可比較上海博物館藏一件西周玉鳥紋柄形飾，形制裝飾與本件頗似，頂端亦開一孔，見楊伯達編，《中國玉器全集》，石家莊，2005年，編號281。