HUAN IN THE FORM OF THREE HUANG PENDANTS

Late Neolithic period to Western Zhou dynasty, 3000 BC – 9th century BC
Diameter: 4 inches, 10 cm
Length of each (approximately): 3 1/2 inches, 9 cm

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Although the three huang pendants are of different size, they form a perfect circle when put together, forming a complete jade huan disc. They are also uniformly coloured and marked, indicating that these three sections were cut from the same stone as a single block rather than a thin disc.