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55. An Archaic Jade Bracelet ( Zhuo )
Neolithic Period–Early Shang Dynasty, circa 2500–1400 B.C.
of cylindrical form with evenly worked thick sides smoothly polished inside and out, bulging slightly
convex on the interior and very gently tapered in towards the rims on the exterior, the dark moss
green stone with attractive natural markings and areas of cloudy tan and russet brown from burial.
Diameter 3 ⁄16 inches (8 cm)
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Compare the similarly worked jade bracelet illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995,
p. 147, no. 6:1 attributed to the Liangzhu culture, with footnoted references to several jade bracelets excavated at Liangzhu
culture sites. Compare also the cylindrical jade bracelet illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong
Kong, 1989, p. 82, no. 107.
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