NEXT LIVE AUCTION OCTOBER 29, 2025 - 1st SESSION: ASIAN ART
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Carved quartz slave girl ‘Dragons’, Warring States period
Awarded For. 1.200 €
Lot 139.
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Description.
Rigid bracelet carved from a single block of natural quartz of great purity and transparency. The entire outer surface is masterfully decorated with a fine, dense incised carving (yinsidiao) representing a succession of archaic dragons with stylised bodies, fierce expressions and scaly torsos. Warring States period (403–222 BC) or later.
Inner diameter: 6.2 cm; Outer diameter: 7.8 cm
Provenance:
· Collection of Tommy Lam, Hong Kong, since 1980
