Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XVII

THEWORLD’S PREMIERDEALER IN SCIENTIFICALLY DOCUMENTED ASIANANTIQUITIES T he “Imperial Swimming Dragons” suite is composed of eleven (11) solid gold vessels manufactured in the Imperial workshop for the first Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (ca. 25 - 220 CE). This magnificent suite was created utilizing the most complex and intricate craftsmanship known to the Chinese goldsmiths in antiquity. it is certainly the most historically important and the most exquisite en suite set of gold artifacts from the Eastern Han Dynasty known. Some scholars feel it is the finest gold set from any known culture of the period.