Slit ring (jue) with geometrical ornaments
| Accession Nr.: | 62.527.1 |
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| Type: | religious or cult object; jade; stone carving |
| Date of production: |
4th–3rd centuries BC
Easter Zhou dynasty |
| Place of production: |
Belief in afterlife already existed in the ancestor worship of the Shang period. Full burial suits and jades plugging the orifices meant the climax of the use of jades in the cult of the dead, characteristic of the Han period.