WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

Compare to a jade cow similarly carved with head titling up and feet tucked under the body, dating to the Western Han dynasty, unearthed from the Xijiaqucun site in Pucheng, Shaanxi province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China- 14 – Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, p. 159 (fig. 1).