Carved from a large section of green jade, the surface is smooth and polished and flat with signs of calcification and general signs of corrosion throughout the body with drill marks to the central aperture
23.7cm diameter
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PROVENANCE:
The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff businessman born in Latvia;
Thence by descent as stated in a handwritten letter dated 1975;
Property of the Essex Collection of Early Chinese Art, British Private Collection, where some of the collection is now housed in the National Museum of Wales.