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- Dimension: Length: 3 3/4 in (9.3 cm) Width: 1 3/4 in (4.3 cm)
- Estimate From: $1800
- Estimate To: $2500
Chinese. Of flat crescent Shaped, delicately carved in openwork as a dragon in profile with its head depicted with a circular eye, an open jaw and a curled crest, its body tapering to a backward curving tail, the stone of celadon tone with areas of white calcification. Western Han Dynasty period.
觹為祭祀和祈福時之禮器,東漢後漸漸消失。本器青玉製成,首部鈣化,帶灰白色沁色,略帶紅色硃砂,包漿厚重,光氣十足。龍首上下唇均為斧型狀,力道強勁,眼呈雨滴型, 眼角陰線外拉,彎月弧狀身軀,尾部收尖,軀細陰線代表身軀與毛髮,動感豐富,雕工細緻精妙。
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