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Large SPLIT-BI JADE RING

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Large SPLIT-BI JADE RING
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Of provincial manufacture and use, it may have been made for trade to a Tribal leader. The Jade is a hard and porous Manchurian material from Liaoning province, and the workmanship is rather crude and seemingly done with primitive tools. Zhou period, rather large if used as an earring, and having some surface erosion. O.D. of 2-3/8", Northeast China - a good study piece.