A rare early jade circular disc, Western Han Dynasty, the olive-toned stone with three brown areas about the rim, well carved with two rings of mock rope twist enclosing shallowly-incised scrolls in seven concentric bands, 17.5 cm dia. Provenance: Purchased from Sydney L moss Ltd. 23 April 1946 for ยท35.0.0, Exhibited: the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1962-2002, the Cunliffe collection, Bonhams, new Bond Street London, November 2002, Lot 111.