• 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。