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Han. The specimens in my collection are all of the Han period, judging 

 from material, technique and ornamentation. So I am inclined to 







Fig. 162. 

 Jade Girdle-Clasp, suei. White Jade with Red , 

 Spots all over and a Zone of Inserted 

 Clayish Matter. 



Fig. 163. 

 Girdle-Clasp of White Jade. 



believe that the type itself is not older than this epoch, and that its 

 formation may be credited to the Han. 



The colloquial name by which this ornament is still known in 

 Si-ngan fu is chao wen tai, a term mentioned also by Wu Ta-ch'eng with 

 the note that it is presumably an old designation whose origin, however, 



