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Round Ornament

206 BCE–220 CE

China, Han dynasty

(202 BCE–220 CE)
Medium
jade
Measurements
Diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1952.486
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A flat, circular jade ornament is pierced by a small hole at its center. Its warm colors move from golden-brown to lighter cream patches, marbled by dark amber veins. A prominent vein strikes diagonally from the bottom on our left toward the top on our right. Fine hairline cracks and unevenly rounded outer edges, as if worn by time, create a mottled texture throughout the organic, golden-brown disc.

Round Ornament

206 BCE–220 CE

China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)

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