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-325- Wong #42. One Small Flat Jade Yao Ch'an. Hsia. Chinese. [[stamp]] Smithsonian. [[/stamp]] 1363 A slender oblong medicine spade with circular boring near upper end and lower end beveled. Color slate and silvery-gray with golden yellow earth incrustation and blackish veinings. Height, 4 7/16"; width, 1 5/8" - 1 3/4". In wooden box with No. S.I. 1362. Purchased from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York, Special Voucher #29 January, 1918, 150.00 Wong #43. One Decorated Jade Yuan. Chou, or earlier. Chinese. [[stamp]] Smithsonian. [[/stamp]] 1364 A small flat circular disc with large central orifice. Both sides covered with decorations of highly conventionalized t'an t'ish designs in very low relief and incisions. Color cream-white on both flat surfaces, mottled with cafe-au-lait and golden brown which predominates along outer circumferences. Several short blackish veinings. Diameter, 3 3/4"; of orifice, 2 1/8". In wooden box. Purchased from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York, Special Voucher #29 January, 1918, 150.00
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