Feb., 1912. 



Jade. 



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that the ancient image of the Sun of the Chou period had sunk into 

 oblivion, and that it was then reconstructed on the basis of the still 

 known jade image of the Deity Heaven, with the difference that it 

 was on a smaller scale (4.6 : 6.1) and of red (not blue) color. The 

 illustration in the above work shows a jade disk of the same construction 

 as that of Heaven, proportionately smaller, with the same peculiar 

 cloud-like veining in the stone (p. 157). 



