J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

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A PAIR OF ARCHAIC JADE SLIT DISCS (JUE)

Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 B.C.)

each thin disc decorated on one side with linked pairs of incised double-line ‘dragon scrolls’.

Diameter 1 916 inches (4 cm) each

A similar jue in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chuanshi yuqi quanji (Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections), Vol. 1, Beijing, 2010, p. 185.

春秋 玉玦一對 各徑4厘米