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Gourd-shaped white jade ornament with gold girdle ring

Average height: 2.7cm; abdominal diameter: 1.4cm

Gourd-shaped earrings were fashionable during the Yuan and Ming dynasties (1271–1368; 1368–1644). This ornament was discovered in a ritual object box and may have been used as an earring.