LATE WESTERN HAN-EARLY EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, C. 1st CENTURY BC-AD 1st CENTURY

Compare to a jade of similar shape, carved with a pair of chi dragons, dating to the late Western Han dynasty, unearthed from Tomb no. 7 at Wulipai in Hunan province (fig. 1), illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 10 – Hubei, Hunan, Beijing, 2005, p. 221.