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15. A N eolithic Jade N otched Disc ( Yabi )
circa 3000–2000 B.C.
with three deep notches and three small projecting ‘teeth’ evenly spaced around the outer rim,
the wide central circular aperture with slightly convex edge, the sides gently tapered to a slightly
thinner outer rim with rounded edge, the surface smoothly polished and glossy all over, the opaque
milk white stone finely speckled and with scattered remains of encrusted earth.

Diameter 5 ⁄8 inches (15 cm)
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Compare the similar jade notched disc excavated at a Neolithic burial site at Heshangfangzixiang, Jianchang county,
Liaoning province, illustrated by Sun in the essay “Preliminary Discussions on the Prehistoric Jade Culture of Northeast
China,” published in a series of research papers organized by the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, by Tang (ed.), Dong Ya yuqi (East Asian Jades: Symbol of Excellence), Vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1998,
p. 112, pl. 11.2:3.

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