Large plaque with human head, dragon mid-section, human legs, and curled tail - Translucent jade with opaque crystalization, brownish suffusion and erosion.
- Jade is quite deteriorated in areas of suffusion.
- Carving is slightly oval in cross-section(gradual taper); almost a knife edge.
- Decoration is mostly incised, slanted line.
- Strange projection rises from back of neck to top of ears; cap or plume sits atop the head.
- Cf. Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 192-193 (esp. figure #223)
- The meaning, or even context, of this style is unknown; Â Jessica Rawson notes that the emergence of similar jades amounted to a 'ritual revolution' that occurred ca 9th BCE in Weatern Zhou era
- 18.8 x 4.7 x .57cm
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