With a central aperture carved from both sides retaining circular grind markings, the semi-translucent dark green stone with extensive white weathering and some crystalline deposits
22cm 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.