This Jade(Nephrite) Dragon/Phoenix Bi is of excellent Hotian Nephrite with clear translucency and texture.Actually this could be a Warring States Jade Bi because of the twinning winged Phoenix and the excellent attention to details. The back is textured with raised nipples dots. Warring States or Han will be left to research scholars,post this to illustrate that not all 'burial' Jade must be badly eroded by nature!
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