List of Illustrations. ix 



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1 86. White Jade Ornament, pi, for Lower End of Scabbard . . 282 



187. White Jade Ornament, pi, for Lower End of Scabbard .... 283 



188. Jade Ornaments for Scabbard (from K'ao ku t'u) 284 



189. King Wu of Ch'u, after Painting by Ku K'ai-chih (from K'ao ku 



t'u) 285 



190. White Jade Court-Girdle with Dragon-Designs of the T'ang Period 



(from Ku yii t'u p'u) 287 



191. Jade Court-Girdle of the Emperors of the T'ang Dynasty (from 



Ku yii t'u p'u) 288 



192. Jade Court-Girdle of the Officials of the T'ang Dynasty, ornamented 



with Bats and Clouds (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 289 



193. Jade Court-Girdle of the Empress of the T'ang Dynasty, with Per- 



sian Floral Designs (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 290 



194. Jade Court-Girdle of the T'ang Dynasty, sent as tribute from 



Khotan (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 291 



195. Central Plaques from Jade Court-Girdle of the T'ang Dynasty, with 



Mountain Scenery (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 293 



196. Lower Face of Tongue-Amulet shown in Plate XXXVI, Fig. 2 . . 300 



197. Ancient Jade Carving of the Monster p'i-sieh, used as Paper- 



weight by the Painter Chao Meng-fu (from Ku yii t'u) . . . 313 



198. Jade Cup of the Chou Period 316 



199. Jade Vase of the Chou Period 317 



200. Ancient Jade Bowl, dug up in Feng-siang fu 317 



201. "Brushing the Elephant of Samantabhadra," in the Style of the 



Painter Yen Li-pen. Jade Carving of the Period 907-911 a. d. 

 (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 342 



202. "Brushing the Elephant" (Woodcut from Fang-shih mo p'u) . 340 



203. Ancient Jade Carving representing the Bodhisatva Samantabhadra 



(from Ku yii t'u p'u) 347 



204. Picture of Samantabhadra by SesshQ (from Japanese Wood- 



Engraving) 349 



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I. Nephrite Bowlders 26 



Fig. 1. Water- rolled Pebble of Jade of the Han Period. 



Cat. No. 1 16497. 

 Fig. 2. Bowlder from Khotan, Turkistan. Cat. No. 1 16498. 

 II. Jade Chisels of Chou Period, from Shensi Province. Cat. Nos. 



1 16499, 1 16502, 1 16500 35 



III. Jade Hammer of Chou Period from Shensi Province. Cat. No. 



116511 36 



IV. Jade Chisel of Chou Period, from Shensi Province. Cat. No. 



116503 37 



V. Jade Chisels of Chou Period from Shensi Province. Cat. Nos. 



1 16504, 1 16506, 1 16509 37 



VI. Jade Chisels and other Implements of Chou Period, from Shensi 



Province. Cat. Nos. 1 16505, 116501, 116514, 1165 7 . . . 38 



