Catalogue entry no. 437 by Max Loehr:
437 Dragon Silhouette in Openwork
Opaque light brown, partly calcified jade, wrought into the astonishingly delicate design of a dragon figure. The head differs in several features from the pieces described earlier: the muzzle is rendered as an openwork loop; the lower jaw shows an incredibly thin, curved fang that meets the tongue. A clawed leg touches the jaw at two points. A curved wing(?) swings around the volute that marks the shoulder joint and then curves back above the body, rejoining it as a pointed curl. Adjacent to this curl is a second wing-like element that cuts diagonally across the body, ending in a small openwork hook. The rear part of the dragon’s body tapers toward an elegant, fin-like cleft tail. The borders are slightly raised; the surfaces are plain except for sparingly applied double curves and a tiny cross-hatched umbel. Late Eastern Chou.
