YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY

Compare with a jade plaque dated to the Yuan dyansty in the Palace Museum, Beijing depicting a very similar scene illustrated in Jadeware (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, p. 172, no. 143 where it mentions that this pattern featuring the lion was only permitted to be worn by military officers of the 1st rank.