J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
102.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Late Eastern Zhou, circa 3rd Century B.C.
decorated on both sides with a grid pattern of raised comma-spirals accentuated with incised curling lines within raised angled borders, the pale yellowish green stone with deep brown and russet markings and showing superficial cloudy white alteration from burial on one side, the surface polished to a high gloss
Diameter 3 3⁄8 inches (8.6 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 84
A similar jade bi disc in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art is illustrated by Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 170, no. 121.
東周晚期 玉璧 徑8.6厘米
來源 藍理捷1993特展圖錄第84號
102.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Late Eastern Zhou, circa 3rd Century B.C.
Diameter 3 3⁄8 inches (8.6 cm)