A GROUP OF JADE DISCS, AWL-SHAPED ORNAMENTS, TUBES AND BEADS Neolithic period and later (56)

A GROUP OF JADE DISCS, AWL-SHAPED ORNAMENTS, TUBES AND BEADS
Neolithic period and later
Variously of tubular, circular, irregular, and hemispherical forms, the stone in tones ranging from green, brown, and chicken-bone to grey. The largest: 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high. (56).
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新石器時代及更晚 玉錐形器、玉管形器、玉璧及玉珠等

See a group of jade beads, discs, tubes and awl-shaped ornaments, early Liangzhu culture, excavated as a group from the upper body of the tomb occupant in Tomb No. 12 at the Chaoduntou archaeological site, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. They were probably decorative elements sewn onto the headdress and upper-body garments, now in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in An Epic of Chinese Jade for 10,000 Years (玉潤中華), Nanjing, 2023, p.78.
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