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Wong #7. One Jade Teu Tsung. Chou. Chinese.
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]]
1348

A low, cylindrical form, circular with and square on exterior, with low rounded collar projecting at either end. Slightly hollowed areas on both ends of collar and on one corner, where adjacent rock has been cut away. Outer surface decorated with the ususal tsung designs, a vertical channel running down centre of each plane and each corner showing two right-angled forms decorated with horizontal bands and incised circles, and separated by deep horizontal grooves. Color, closely mottled light and dark chestnut-brown, orange and cream color, with faint traces of silver. Unusually smooth surface within and without. 
Height, 2 3/4". Diameter of collar, 3 7/8: of orifice, 2 1/2" - 3 3/16".
Wood stand: in wooden box.

Purchased from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York.
Special Voucher #29 January, 1918, 100.00

Wong #8. One Jade Ku'an (or Ch'uan). Hsia. Chinese.
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]]
1349

An undecorated, circular righ with perpendicular walls. Color black, with white speckling - surface almost entirely covered with light yellowish incrustation.
Diameter, 3 1/4"; of orifice, 2 1/2".
In wooden box.

Purchased from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York,
Special Voucher #29 January 1918, 150.00

Wong #9. One Undecorated Jade Ta Pi. Hsia. Chinese.
[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN. [[/stamp]]
1350

A large, flat, circular disc with central conical orifice. Both surfaces show different sized areas of unpolished rock. The character of the jade suggests pudding-stone, - and on one surface the colors include reds, browns and greens beneath a film of white and pinkish earth incrustation. Opposite surface partially eroded. Color mottled gray and cream with white incrustation and traces of a pale undertone. 
Diameter, 9 1/2": of orifice, 1 7/8" - 2".
In cloth-covered box.

Purchased from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York,
Special Voucher #29 January, 1918, 300.00 

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