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Western Han period, 206 BC - 9 AD Made of cast bronze and gilded, this magnificent dragon-head finial, probably a fitting for the end of a chariot shaft, embodies a strength and vitality commensurate with the animal’s position in Chinese culture and cosmology.
Length: 24.5cm
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