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Old Man
Old man bead
Green opaque jade with suffusion.
Figures similar to this appeared beginning in the Eastern Han period; many such carvings exist.
There is no credible explanation, as far as I know, of their meaning.
5.6 x 1.8 x .8 cm.
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