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A dark nephrite jade Xuan Ji disc carved in the archaic style. China, Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th century.
mm 83.8 x 82 x 6.7 Internal diameter mm 50.8
XUANJI
In Chinese it literally means "rotating instrument of first-class jade" and is the term used to define a particular jade disk used together with a specific observation tube also of the same material; these two objects constitute what we can call "astronomical jades", that is, jade instruments used in ancient China for celestial observations.
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