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126. An Archaic Jade ‘Archer’s Ring’ Ornament
Western Han Dynasty (220 B.C.–A.D. 9)
carved with linked comma-spirals on the exterior, ‘T’-scrolls on the concave interior and a bird-
head dragon in openwork at the border.
Length 2 ⁄16 inches (5.5 cm)
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Compare the jade ‘archer’s ring’ excavated in 1986 from the Western Han royal tomb at Beidongshan, Xuzhou, Jiangsu
province, illustrated in Da Han Chu wang (Chu Kings of the Great Han Dynasty), Beijing, 2005, pp. 300-303. Another similar
jade ‘archer’s ring’ in the Freer Gallery of Art is illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and
Continuity, 480–222 B.C., Washington, D.C., 1982, p. 164, no. 111.

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127. An Archaic Jade Ornamental Plaque ( Pe i )
Western Han Dynasty (220 B.C.–A.D. 9)
well carved in varied relief with a dragon at one end, a phoenix at the other end and overlapping
tails at the center, above an openwork frieze of winged scroll motifs.
Length 2 ⁄8 inches (6.1 cm)
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Compare the jade plaques from Han dynasty burial no. 1 at Beishantou, Chaohu, Anhui province, illustrated in Chaohu Han
mu (Han Burials in Chaohu), Beijing, 2007, col. pl. 69:6 and 69:7, and in line drawings on p. 129, pl. 94.6 and 94:7.

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128. An Archaic Jade Disc Shape Bead

Western Han Dynasty (220 B.C.–A.D. 9)
with a central ridge on one side and flat on the reverse, carved on both sides with scroll-linked bosses.
Diameter 13 ⁄16 inch (2.1 cm)

A very similar jade bead is illustrated by Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein
Collection, Chicago, 1952, pl. XC, no. 15. Compare also the bead from a Han dynasty tomb at Chaohu, Anhui province,
illustrated in Chaohu Han mu (Han Burials in Chaohu), Beijing, 2007, col. pl. 69:3-4, and in a line drawing on p. 129, pl. 94:5.
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129. An Archaic Jade Animal Head Finial
circa 3rd/2nd Century B.C.

of Ordos type, the head of a snarling predator with the horns of a ram.
Length 1¾ inches (4.5 cm)
Ex Collection Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull

Exhibited and Published: “Animal Style” Art from East to West, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1970,
p. 103, no. 82, illustrated on p. 99.

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