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Long rectangular buckle, slightly bowed, featuring two dragon-like animals in relief slinking across the object, eyes locked on each other.

Jade Scabbard Buckle

Chinese

Pale green and bone-colored, partly calcified and highly polished nephrite

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Ritual Implements