Lot Essay
This animated figure is related to the larger (34cm.) gilt-bronze dragon shown in the same position unearthed in 1975 at Caochangpo in the Southern suburb of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, and now in the Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an, included in the exhibition, China: 5,000 Years, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1998, no. 59, and cover.