J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
29.
A NEOLITHIC GRAYISH-GREEN JADE DISC (BI)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with wide thick sides smoothly polished all over, the small central aperture drilled from both sides leaving a narrow ledge at the middle, with original rough areas on both sides and at the outer edge polished in antiquity but not ground flat, the surface of pale grayish-green tone with cloudy mottling all over.
Diameter 6 3⁄8 inches (16.3 cm)
Compare the jade bi disc with thick sides, unearthed from M14 at the Liangzhu site in Fanshan, Yuhang district, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, illustrated in Yao kun meiyu: Liangzhu bowuyuan cang Liangzhu wenhua yuqi jingcui (Beautiful Jade: Selected Liangzhu Jades from the Collection of the Liangzhu Museum), Beijing, 2011, p. 139, no. 32.
新石器時代 良渚玉璧 徑16.3厘米
