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Jade : a study in Chinese archaeology and religion (1912)

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History · leaf 211

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FEB., 1912. JADE. I4I it only reaches 1.7 cm. The long sides of the kuwez are 2.5 cm long, the two ridges 2.2 cm. All edges of the circular portion as well as of the two kuei have been chamfered, except the ridge-poles of these … which are pointed. Altogether, this piece has been worked with great care, and the dimensions have been ascertained and regulated from conscientious measuring, and with appliance of rule and compass; a line ~ Fic. 65. Tube, tsu tstung, of Green Jade with Zone of Clayish Matter. connecting the two…

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