Black jade with deep yellow markings

Both sides of this disc are carved with a flat green pattern, each grain being repeated by a small kin size circle. A poem from the Gan Long Empire dated 1770 has been carved around the outer edge Along with a small seal impression. The text of the poem is repeated on the accompanying wooden stand. 

White jade with brown marking

A Perspex grain pattern has been carved on both sides with in an outer boarder line. Along with a poem inscribe in the Gan Long calligraphy dated 1764. The piece is set in a red sandalwood vertical green stand inscribe again with the text of same poem. 

Greed jades with black and yellow marking

Between in size line on the inner and outer boarder is a treacle network of straight lines describing a series of hexagon spaces with in each which a nipple in low relief 

Black spotted jade

There are single ring lines on the inner and outer edges of both sides of these pieces. Between those on one side is clear but in precise nipple patter while on the other is a hornless dragon pattern. Animals have been carved in open work around the edges and in a metal suspension look has been added at he top. 

Brownish jade

This piece also approaches a half bead disc in dimension but is appreciation wider an animal mask design embellishes the center of each face and a dragons head appears at each end. The décor is made up of cloud or knot patterns with common warring states style motifs in relief. 

White jade with brown markings

The décor on both sides of the disc is made up of a ring of cloud motif with a straight band of ribbon motif. 

Green jade with brown or black markings

This piece is carved in the shape of outside pendant but is larger.  The décor is made up of inside stylized cloud patterns with an animal mask at the center and a protrusion on the inner rim has been carved into a pair a facing dragon. The outer rim and both ends are embellished with spiny projections and there is a hole at the outer center. A band pattern separates the two dragon's head and the decor is the same on both sides of the piece. 

White jade stained with brownish markings over all

This piece is also carved in a circular shape with the head hanging down in the center and the tail slightly upturned the shape is very fluid and the décor on both sides is a combination double ring clouds pattern. There is a cloud pattern there is a hole in the upper center. 

Green jade with some brown markings on the edge

This disc has a large center hole and the edges are set off by band patterns the decor is made up of double body hornless dragon patterns and reliefs. Their tails intertwine to form a stylized design. 

Green jade with gray markings

The décor is divided into two concentric areas by a rope pattern. Restyled bird patterns appear in the outer area. While the inner area is made up of a triaxial rush pattern also lightly in sized and the décor is the same on both sizes. As out lined in the do-zone chapter of the Zhou Li the rush pattern bead disc was one of the six symbolize of the futile rank and corresponded to the Rui or lowest on the scale. The size of this piece exceeds that set by Zhou Li for ceremonial jade in the system. On the decorative verge also suggested that this piece was probably not a ceremonial jade of that tape but may have been intended as a gift or a reward. 

White jade with brown markings

The rush pattern of this Huan disc is made up of a biaxial network of straight lines forming lousing shape intersections. This is markedly different from the triaxial network with a hexagon intersection the line are deeply in sized giving the loosen intersections the effect of a nipple pattern. 

Grayish stone with a light brown cast one face of this piece is plane and the other is carved with a new network of straight horizontal or vertical line with double ring at each intersection. This type of stone bead disc with simple patterns carved on one side has occasionally been found in warring states period 476-221 BC tombs. 

White jade with earth yellow markings

In early China there were two types of Yuan one was a flat disc shape and the other was a kind of short cylinder with a flat lateral flange. This pieces is of the later type and is lost its fledge thus giving it a cylinder shape. It may have been used as a bracelet or armlet. Two lines in sized up around the upper and lower edges along with three more on the body complete the décor. 

Grayish yellow jade

This piece is shaped somewhat like a boot with a linear pattern carved on face. Two rectangular depressions on the shorter leg indicated that this piece may of have originally been attached to something else. Executed in an articulate style it has great dignity. 

Green jade

This piece is carved into the shape of a knotted cord. One of the eight Buddhist treasured symbols there is a smaller know at the end of the cords. This piece is very new both in shape and quality. 

Yellow jade with brown markings

Resembling and Yuan disc in shape the head and tail of this piece is close together and the body is carved in a woven pattern. The head has a single horn and the mouth is open to grasp the tail a hole has been pierced at the eye. 

White jade with black markings around the body

The body of the disc thin gradually toward the inner rim and single boarder line encircle the inner and outer rims of the edges. Both faces display a loosely carved irregular cloud pattern that is none the less well balances. 

White jade with light brown markings

The outer surface is carved in an open worked dragon motif while the inside has an in-sized linear cloud patterns. The center hole is relatively large. 

Green jade with brown and black markings

This piece is shaped like a thinly flat ring the center hole was bored from one side and the décor is the same on both faces divided into inner and outer area. The décor is of the nipple pattern on the inside and three doubles bodied animal mask on the outside. This type of décor is typical of that found on many bead discs excavated in Han tomb sight. 

Brown black and green jade

The body of this disc is embellished with a twined fiber pattern It is thick in the middle and thinner toward the edges. 

White jade with light brown markings

This piece is carved in the shape of a dragon and curved so that the head faces the tail. The tail curves outward and supports a smaller dragon the large dragonhead is open mouth and holds a pearl and the eye and head are embellished with cloud patterns. This finer outer layer is notched and the body is covered with a ring pattern the décor is the same on both sides. 

White jade stained brown at the point

This piece imitate the Arcadia shiver but is much larger the main décor is a dragon motif with the head at the wide end and the mouth wide open to show a single fang. The eyes are like those of the phoenix and the body below the head is embellished with an in sized grain pattern. There is also a rather poorly in sized cloud pattern on the body of the piece whose lines are stiff. The décor is the same on both sides and there is a loophole in the back. 

Gray jade with brown markings

This cup is tapered toward the bottom and the body décor is divided into three sections of stylized cloud patterns. 

Popular jade motifs add to our appreciation of jade arts but are not of great intrinsic value themselves. 

Turning beautiful jade into an even more alluring shape has been a cultural tradition in china since the earliest times. The genius of yesteryears artiest has thus been passed down through the ages to earn the great admiration of people today.