A JADE EAGLE
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
L 5.3 cm (2 1/8 in)
RESERVE: HK$ 170,000 / RMB 151,300
REFERENCE: A similar jade eagle from Western Han Dynasty preserved in Xianyang Museum, unearthed at Xinzhuangcun, Zhouling, Weicheng, Shaanxi Province, is illustrated in THE PICTORIAL HANDBOOK OF ANCIENT CHINESE JADES, by Fang GU, Cultural Relics Press, Beijing, 2007, p.272