A PARTLY CALCIFIED YELLOWISH-BROWN JADE DISC PENDANT, HUAN WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

of circular form, carved to both sides with the 'grain' pattern, the stone of a celadon colour with calcified areas

The pendant is in overall good condition with extensive calcification to one side. There are expected shallow nicks along the edges as consistent with age, the largest measuring approx. 0.3 cm. The catalogue illustration is slightly redder than the actual colour of the stone.
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This green nephrite object is heavily marked with calcification, with both sides decorated with grain stippling design, each stipple fully formed, round in shape, and the piece is polished to a rich lustrous quality. Both inner hole and outer perimeter have contour blade-like edging. When found in this smaller size, huan discs were usually serving as a component in a mixed multi-member pendant or hung at the waist as a wearable accessory. Compare a similar disc with this type of grain design, discovered at the tomb of the Western Han dynasty King of Nanyue in Guangzhou, illustrated in Xi Han Nanyue Wang mu [Tomb of the Western Han Era King of Nanyue], Beijing, 1991, vol. 2, fig. 28:3.