96 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth., Vol. X. 



called tsHng kuei, "dark or green tablet," of dark-green jade, reduced 

 to i\; its shape is evidently derived from that of an axe. 1 



a Fig. 30. b 



Jade Tablet with "Grain" Pattern, ku kuei. Upper and Lower Faces. 



In Fig. 29 the yen kuei or pointed tablet, characterized above (p. 83) 

 according to the Chou li, is reproduced. "It is of black jade, i of the ? 

 1 Compare the chapter Jade in Religious Worship, p. 172. 



