J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
131.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)
finely carved on both sides with a wide frieze filled with three taotie masks with long horns curling symmetrically to either side, overlapping and entwined with limbs ending in long claws in a complex repeating pattern, the main field filled with small faceted bosses defined by a precise grid of shallow grooves enclosed by narrow incised ropetwist borders, the inner and outer rims neatly squared, the mottled yellowish green stone polished to a high gloss.
Diameter 5 1⁄4 inches (14 cm)
Compare the jade bi disc of this size carved with a very similar pattern in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji (The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum), Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 254, no. 212.
西漢 玉璧 徑14厘米
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131.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)
Diameter 5 1⁄4 inches (14 cm)