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JaDe bracelet

China Neolithic period 2500–2000 BCE Width: 8,3 cm Price on request

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OCTOBER 2022 - 75

A yellow and deep russet jade circular bracelet, the exterior of natural irregular form with bright yellow tones suffused with strong russet tones .

for an irregular mottled green jade ring see The Palace Museum (ed.), Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, vol.1, Neolithic Age, p. 57, no. 9; a black jade bracelet in ibid., p. 263, no. 265; another irregular jade bracelet in Hangzhou History Museum, Ancient Jade of Hangzhou, p. 59, no. 33; a similar Neolithic period bracelet in rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, p. 147, no. 6:3; and a mottled green and russet jade bracelet of the same period in fung (ed.), Exquisite Jade Carving, p. 155.