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Opaque greyish white jade, cut to form a double interlocking ring, engraved with four Buddhist sayings. The motifs carved on the surface seem to have been copied from a Liangzhu jade ring.
An almost identical one but of better quality jade material was used as paperweight and is now kept in the Palace Museum, Beijing
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946
Diameter: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
1736 - 1795
Accession number: O.104-1946
Primary reference Number: 138747
Oscar Raphael: 19
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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