J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
99.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5th-4th Century B.C.
carved on both sides with raised ‘sprouting grain’ curls, some linked in pairs and others with long tails or tightly spiraled, between narrow plain borders, the stone altered during long burial to opaque creamy tan color.
Diameter 3 1⁄2 inches (9 cm)
Compare the jade bi disc in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 168, no. 117.
東周 玉璧 徑9厘米
