The serpentine dragon cast in mid-stride, its elongated sinewy body raised on four slender limbs, trailed by a long slightly curved tail, the imperious head held high and proud atop a slender S-shaped neck, with a single horn above a long upturned snout, traces of gilding; with later wood stand(L: 3 3/4 in.)PROVENANCE:S. Bernstein & Co., San FranciscoProperty from a private collection, Bethesda, Maryland, acquired from the above, January 31, 1997 (as Six Dynasties)EXHIBITED:"Heaven & Earth Exhibition", no. 23 (label)