Jade dragon cup
c. AD 1420-1449 · Resource
A nephrite-jade wine cup with a dragon handle, carved at Samarkand for the Timurid prince and astronomer Ulugh Beg, blending Chinese form with an Arabic inscription. A symbol of Timurid courtly culture.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1430
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Battle of Agincourt (1415)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral (1420)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Wars of the Roses begins (1455)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Zheng He's treasure voyages (1405)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)