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68.
A SMALL QUADRANGULAR JADE SEAL
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
with plain polished sides tapering slightly towards the concave shoulder surmounted by a narrow platform and pierced tab, the pale olive green jade with cloudy tan mottling, the flat base incised with a single character in seal script within a line border.
Height 15⁄16 inch (2.2 cm)
The seal may be read as xu 嬬
A small jade seal of closely related form unearthed in 1991 from a mid-Western Han tomb at Fannancun, in the northern suburbs of Xi’an, now in the collection of the Xi’an Museum, is illustrated in Shaanxi chutu Han dai yuqi (Han Dynasty Jades Unearthed in Shaanxi), Beijing, 2009, p. 66, no. 10.
漢 「嬬」 橋鈕玉印 高 2.2 厘米
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68.
A SMALL QUADRANGULAR JADE SEAL
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
Height 15⁄16 inch (2.2 cm)