LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-10TH CENTURY BC

A similar dragon can be seen decorating a Western Zhou bronze protective cover for a front wooden bar of a chariot, excavated at Zhouyuan, Qishan county, Shaanxi province, and now in the Zhouyuan Museum of Qishan County. See Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History, Kentucky, 2000, p. 78, no. 9.