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title: Hongshan Jade Dragon
author: David Owsley Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7342/hongshan-jade-dragon/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2024-10-01
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# Hongshan Jade Dragon

_Authored by David Owsley Museum_

## Image File

[![Hongshan Jade Dragon](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7342.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7342.png)

## Image Caption

The jade dragon from Hongshan, Inner Mongolia, [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/). Dating to between 4500 and 3000 BCE, it is the earliest known depiction of a dragon.

National Museum of China, Beijing. 
 
Image by David Owsley Museum, used with permission.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, D. O. (2017, September 28). Hongshan Jade Dragon. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7342/hongshan-jade-dragon/>
### Chicago
Museum, David Owsley. "Hongshan Jade Dragon." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 28, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7342/hongshan-jade-dragon/>.
### MLA
Museum, David Owsley. "Hongshan Jade Dragon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Sep 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7342/hongshan-jade-dragon/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/MuseumBSU/id/5404) by **David Owsley Museum**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 28 September 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.