J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
52.
A NEOLITHIC JADE DISC (BI)
Longshan Culture, circa 3000-1700 B.C.
with wide central aperture, the thin sides tapering unevenly to the gently rounded outer rim, evenly worked and smoothly polished all over, the stone of cream white color mottled in olive green and yellowish brown and with scattered dark ‘root marks’.
Diameter 5 3⁄8 inches (11.7 cm)
The specific form of this very well finished disc, with squared inner rim around the wide central aperture and very slightly rounded sides tapering to the outer rim is typical of jade bi excavated at some Longshan culture sites. Compare the jade discs of similar form discovered in 1978 from burials at Taosi, Xiangfen, Shanxi province, identified as a Longshan culture site, illustrated in line drawings, Kaogu, 1983, No. 1, p. 38, figs. 10:7 and 10:8.
新石器時代 龍山玉璧 徑11.7厘米
52.
A NEOLITHIC JADE DISC (BI)
Longshan Culture, circa 3000-1700 B.C.
Diameter 5 3⁄8 inches (11.7 cm)