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56.
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 between the confronted heads of two dragons with entwined tails incised on one side, the decoration highly stylized and simplified into double- and single- line scrolls and outlines interspersed with oval ‘eyes’, the squared edges and reverse side left plain and polished, the pale onion-green jade with remains of cinnabar and earth highlighting the design and malachite encrustation from corroded bronze at one side.
Diameter 1 1⁄4 inches (3.1 cm)
A pair of very similar jade jue in the National Palace Museum, Taipei is illustrated by Teng (ed.), Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth—Chinese Jades Through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, p. 80, pl. 5-5-6, described as late Western Zhou.
Another pair of similar jade jue in the Tianjin Museum is illustrated by Bai (ed.), Tianjin bowuguan cang yu (Jade Wares Collected by the Tianjin Museum), Beijing, 2012, p. 78, no. 61, described as Spring and Autumn period.
西周 龍紋玉玦 徑 3.1 厘米
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56.
AN INCISED JADE SLIT RING (JUE)
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
Diameter 1 1⁄4 inches (3.1 cm)