Feb., 1912. 



Jade. 



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reproduced in the K'ao ku Vu. The object held by the king in his right 

 is drawn there as a palm-leaf fan. 



In this connection, also the archer's thumb-ring of jade may be 

 noticed, as there is an ancient specimen of yellow-reddish tinge in our 



Fig. 187. 

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



collection (Plate XXVIII, Fig. 7). The illustration shows the side- 

 view. The ring is 3 cm wide and high, 2.5 cm long, the opening having 

 a diameter of 1.8 cm. It is shaped like an arch in the upper part and 

 fiat in the lower. 



Dr. Bushell has likewise illustrated a piece of this type in the Bishop 

 collection No. 330 (Vol. II, p. 109) which he describes as being of a jade 

 gray clouded and veined with very dark brown, and which he dates 

 likewise in the Han dynasty. 



