MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC

The rare decoration of whorl roundels on a leiwen band that decorates this jue can also be seen on a jue in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities illustrated by Bernhard Karlgren, "Some Characteristics of the Yin Art," BMFEA, No. 43, Stockholm, 1962, Pl. 63 a. Referring to this rare decorative band, the author notes on p. 26 that, to his knowledge, "this speciman is 'unique.' "