Coiling dragon  - White translucent jade with opaque conversion and suffusion.
- Body of dragon decorated with low relief gains and incised lines.
- Carving is probably missing an elaboration on the back coil - as in dragon complex 4.
- The grains are placed more or less irregularly.
- The lower part of the tail is elaborately finished with pierced openings.
- Han style - cf. Pictorial History of Ancient Chinese Jades, 2007, p 245 for a similar item.Â
- 9.32 x 5.59 x .52 cm.
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