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Circular jade pitch pipe with inscribed date 122
Circular jade pitch pipe with inscribed date 122
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Circular jade pitch pipe with inscribed date 122 BCWestern Han dynasty
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Circular jade pitch pipe with inscribed date 122
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BATEA : 530
Simple name
pitch pipe
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stone; jade; Han; pipe; writing; music; dated; calendar; scholar's studio; China;
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A small white jade pitch pipe (luguan) with slight light brown suffusions. There is a feint inscription around one end in clerical or small seal script reading 'yuanshou yuan nian liu Yue bing wu shuo ri zao zhonglu' which translates as 'the 1st day of lunar month 6th month cyclical, 1st year of reign (or regnal period) Yuanshou, this zhonglu made'. The date here is equivalent to 122 BC.
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jade
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good
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white
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slight brown suffusions
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5.6 cm
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1.8 cm
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faint inscription in archaic seal script: 'Yuan-shou-yuan-mien-lin Yueh Ping-wu-shu-re-chao-chung-lui' 1st day of lunar month, 6th month cyclical 1st year of reign (or regnal period) Yuan -Shou. 1st June (6th lunar month) BC122.
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122 BC
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Western Han
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China
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