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JADE DRAGON WITH GOLD
WARRING STATES 475 - 221 BC Length: 6 inches ( 15 cm ) This jade carving and the following two carvings are similar. This decorative piece is carved in dark jade. It is a typical undulating form of dragon with the body decorated with comma or sprouting grain figures. Such carvings were typically the property of elite men or women. The importance of this and the following two figures is that their edges and the head of the dragon have been covered in gold. This piece was carved in the Warring States period, and the gold was applied at that time.
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