Anneau en jade, huan Dynasties des Zhou Orientaux, ca. IVE-IIIE siècle avant J.-C.

les faces soigneusement polies ornées de petits picots en relief incisées de spirales entre deux bords fins biseautés, les côtés coupés droit, la pierre translucide jaune pâle avec des tâches brunes

Acquired in Beijing, June 1943 (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. 78.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 78.

There are old minute fritts along the edges of the interior and exterior rims of the disc, the largest ca. 1 cm long. The stone is milky translucent under light. The disc is smoothly polished on both sides.
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