Anneau fendu en jade, jue Période Néolithique, ca. 3500-2500 avant J.-C.

de forme trapézoïdale arrondie et aplatie, le large orifice excentré percé par les deux faces, le côté le plus large traversé d'une fente aux bords doublement biseautés, la pierre translucide de couleur grise aux tons verts et tachetée de brun

Acquired in Beijing, February 1945 (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 2.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 2.

The ring is thinly carved and the stone smoothly polished. The stone is of a darker, more olive colour than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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