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AN INCISED JADE SLIT RING (JUE)
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
of thick flattened form, the ring cut through with a narrow slit and decorated on one side with dragon heads dissolved into double- and single-line incised outlines and scroll motifs interspersed with oval ‘eyes’, the squared edges and reverse side left plain and polished, the pale onion-green jade with remains of encrusted cinnabar and earth.
Diameter 1 11⁄16 inches (4.3 cm)
Compare the pair of very similar jade jue excavated from the 7th century Huang State tombs at Baoxiangsi, Guangshan county, Henan province, illustrated in Kaogu, 1984, No. 4, pl. 6, no. 2, with a line drawing in pl. 26, no. 5 and description on p. 323.
Another similar pair of jade jue in the British Museum is illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 243, no. 14:9, where the author mentions that the Eastern Zhou jue show the influence of Western Zhou prototypes.
西周 龍紋玉玦 徑 4.3 厘米
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54.
AN INCISED JADE SLIT RING (JUE)
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
Diameter 1 11⁄16 inches (4.3 cm)