1. Bought from Seaouke Yue [You Xiaoxi] 游筱溪, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang] 端方 and said to have been excavated at An hsi [Anxi] 安溪, Chekiang [Zhejiang] 浙江. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 345. $250.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Chou [Zhou] 周. See further, S.I. 1437, Appendix IX.
3. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1927) Pre Han 漢.
4. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1941) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
5. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.981. Nephrite.
6. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
7. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Western Chou [Zhou] 周.
8. (Julia K. Murray, 1980) From Ancient Chinese Jade exhibition label: Attribution changed from Western Chou [Zhou] 周 to Neolithic, ca. 2000 BCE, traditional Chekiang [Zhejiang] 浙江 provenance.
9. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, March 3, 2008) On this date entered: Period One (Late Neolithic period), Date (ca. 5000--ca. 1700 BCE), Artist (Liangzhu 良渚 culture), Title, Object name, Geographical region (Lake Tai 太湖 region); plus Description per Jenny F. So and Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
10. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Ceremonial Objects added as secondary classification.
11. (Jeffrey Smith, April 11, 2016) Transferred from Description: (Jenny So, from Jade Project Database) Mottled greenish-yellow, tan, and brown. Biconical hole, off-center on one face, ridge at meeting point. Evenly round, with a hint of a concave vertical outer edge. Surface even and smooth, with curved slice mark on one face.
Chinese
Neolithic, ca. 2000 B.C.
Traditional Chekiang Provenance
Perforated disk bored from both sides, of the type "pi;" of closely mottled greenish-yellow, olive-tan and brown shades; grayish areas of incipient disintegration. Box.
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