A DRAGON-CARVED JADE DAGGER HANDLE Tang - Five DynastiesA DRAGON-CARVED JADE DAGGER HANDLETang - Five DynastiesBoldly chased and incised with a winged three-claw dragon flying in mid-air chasing a 'pearl just beyond its open jaws, the scaly serpentine body coiled between stylized cloud scrolls, capped with gilt bronze mount and with remnant of an iron blade, the olive-green stone smoothly polished and stained with iron rust from burial. 6 1/4in (16cm) length唐-五代 青玉裝鎏金銅龍紋刀柄A jade plaque carved in a very similar style with a three-claw winged dragon and scrolling clouds in the collection of the Tianjin Museum is illustrated by Bai (ed.), Tianjin bowuguan cang yu (Jade Wares Collected by the Tianjin Museum), Beijing, 2012, p. 132, no. 114, described as Tang – Five Dynasties.