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Dragon-shaped Jade Pei

Hubei Provincial Museum

Hubei Provincial Museum
Wuhan, China

Both farming and collecting depend on weather, especially rain. Therefore, cloud was often used as decoration from the Shang dynasty to the Han dynasty.

These two dragon-shaped Pei were found in the inner coffin. They were used as a pair. On one side of the dragon, there are cloud patterns and the other side is undecorated.

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  • Title: Dragon-shaped Jade Pei
  • Location: Unearthed from Leigudun Tomb (No.1 ), Suizhou, Hubei
  • Medium: Jade
  • Excavation Date: 1978
  • Dynasty: Around 433 B.C. (the East Zhou Dynasty and the early Warring States Period)
  • Dimensions: Length: 11.6 cm; width: 6.5 cm; thickness: 0.3 cm.
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