The Govier Collection Of Ancient Chinese Carvings

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JADE NOTCHED DISK

LONGSHAN CULTURE 3000 - 2000 BC Diameter: 6 3/8 inches (16 cm) This pale green jade carving is a somewhat later version of the Disk shown in Item 15. It again has three primary pointed notches or teeth arranged around the perimeter. In between each primary tooth are carved 25 very small teeth. The significance of these small teeth is not known.

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JADE BI WITH HEAVENLY LEOPARDS HAN

JADE OPENWORK HUAN RING WITH DRAGONS HAN

JADE HORSE TANG OR SONG

JADE BI WITH ANIMAL MASK DECORATIONS HAN

JADE DRAGON WARRING STATES

JADE DRAGON AND PHOENIX WITH GOLD WARRING STATES

JADE DRAGON WITH GOLD WARRING STATES

JADE COLLARED DISK IN DRAGON FORM WESTERN ZHOU

JADE OPENWORK PENDANT WITH DRAGONS WARRING STATES

JADE FISH PENDANT SHANG

JADE DRAGON WITH GOLD WARRING STATES

JADE BI WITH EARLY RUSH PATTERN WARRING STATES

JADE COLLARED DISK WITH DRAGONS WESTERN ZHOU

JADE DAGGER (GE) SHANG

JADE MONSTER MASK WITH FANGS HONGSHAN

JADE PHOENIX BIRD HONGSHAN

JADE CONG LIANGZHU

JADE NOTCHED DISK SHANG OR NEOLITHIC

JADE NOTCHED DISK LONGSHAN

JADE AX HEAD WITH BIRDS LIANGZHU

JADE BI WITH CARVED IMAGES LIANGZHU

JADE HOOF—HAIR ORNAMENT HONGSHAN

JADE C-PIG DRAGON HONGSHAN

INTRODUCTION MR. GU FANG

STONE TRANSFORMATION FIGURE NEOLITHIC-HONGSHAN

JADE EAGLE HONGSHAN

JADE PIG DRAGON HONGSHAN

FORWARD DR. WILLIAM C. GOVIER

JADE PLAQUE WITH C-SHAPED DRAGON TWO LINKED DISKS AND HOOKED CLOUD HONGSHAN

JADE C-DRAGON HONGSHAN

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