Han dynasty The plump shield-form body elegantly inlaid with two addorsed birds sharing a central 'tail', each head and claw finely executed in silver under gold inlaid bodies extending to flared 'wings' bordered in silver above a bovine head at the base, and upward to further silver talons at the narrow neck of the serpent head, the underside with extensive silver bands of geometric pattern inlaid under the domed stud, together with a ring of plain hammered silver. 3in （97.7cm) long (2).