Eastern Zhou Dynasty, circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
of slender oblong shape carved in relief on two rounded sides with a lively pattern of raised comma shape scrolls, the narrow edges square-cut and notched, drilled with a longitudinal channel for stringing, the translucent pale green stone with glossy polished surface.
Length 2 15⁄16 inches (7.4 cm)
Compare the similar jade ornament excavated in 1957 from tomb no. 1 at Changtaiguan, Xinyang county, Henan province, illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: yuqi juan (Studies of the Collection of the National Museum of China: Jade), Shanghai, 2007, p. 178, no. 128.
東周 條形玉飾 長7.4厘米
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Length 2 15⁄16 inches (7.4 cm)