AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI) / J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

135.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)

Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)

carved on both sides with small faceted bosses in a tight grid of incised lines framed by narrow plain borders, the pale green stone showing cloudy tan areas and darker mottling.

Diameter 3 ¹³⁄₁₆ inches (9.7 cm)

A very similar jade bi is illustrated by Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p. 47, no. 25b.

西漢　玉璧　徑9.7厘米

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135.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)

Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)

Diameter 3 ¹³⁄₁₆ inches (9.7 cm)

Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

135.AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)

135.AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)

135.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)

135.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)