China: Ancient Jades

C01b
Jue (chüeh) slit disc
early Western Zhou dynasty (10th century BC)
diameter 3.7cm hole 1.4cm

 
Brownish-green with beige calcification. Small jade disc, one side with bevelled edge, with narrow radial conical slit running from the central perforation to the rim.
 

ex: Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1976, and brought to Australia by Jane Carnegie

published: Eskenazi, Chinese jades from a private collection, 1976, number 2, plate 10 (exhibition catalogue)