新石器時代 玉玦

le fin disque de forme ovale, percé d'un petit orifice conique au-dessus du centre et d'une fente droite le reliant aux bords doublement biseautés par le côté le plus large, la pierre de couleur vert olive et beige calcifiée par endroits

1944年9月購自北京 (羅樾筆記記錄)
羅樾 (1903-1988年) 舊藏
J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年

《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年，編號1

J. J. Lally & Co.，《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，紐約，1993年，編號1

There is a ca. 0.5cm shallow old chip to one side of the ring. One side of the ring the stone is altered to a dry white colour, there is a ca. 5x2cm large area to one side near the slit where there are several cracks running across the stone and through the stone, the stone seems to be breaking up in several layers.
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