A SMALL BEIGE JADE TUBULAR BEADSong Dynasty or laterOf cylindrical form, carved around the exterior with formalised 'silkworm' motifs, the stone of a beige colour with some brownish veining.5.6cm (2 1/4in) longProvenance: 宋或以後 玉穀紋翎管This jade bead probably belongs to a set of jade ornamentsprising a jadebi, a jade 'dragon' pendant and nine jade tubular ornaments. See a set from the Warring States period excavated from Qufu, Shandong Province, illustrated in Gu Fang,The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.199.pare also a jade cylinder sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 2742.此管形玉珮或出自一組玉飾。山東省曲阜市曾出土戰國中期一組十一件的裝飾用玉，包括玉璧一件、龍形珮一件及玉管九件，其中八件玉管飾榖紋，著錄在古方編，《中國古玉器圖典》，北京，2007年，頁199。亦對比香港佳士得售出一例，2017年5月31日，拍品2742。