AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANT 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

carved in the style of a Han dynasty archer's ring, the slightly arched ornament worked in high relief with a chilong clambering over the upper surface, the robust mythical beast supported on four powerful legs and with a coiled bifurcated tail, encircling a hollowed enclosure to the center, the pale green stone with russet veining