The white jade cane handle in the shape of a bird, with elongated neck and tail extending from domed body, the exterior incised with intricate archaic patterns, bottom hollow for cane peg, the jade is of celadon-yellowish color tone with slight russet.|Han Dynasty period.||Length: 2 1/2 in (6.3 cm)|漢 白玉鳥形杖首|以玉作六器，以禮天地四方:以蒼璧禮天，以黃琮禮地，以青圭禮東方，以赤璋禮南方，以白琥禮西方，以玄璜禮北方。 二為國事中禮儀饋贈。三作佩系，也作不同身份的標誌，