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A RARE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE DISC, BI
- WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A RARE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE DISC, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $121,000
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000

Sale Information

Sale 1976
Fine Chinese Ceramics And Works Of Art
19 March 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

A RARE GREENISH-YELLOW JADE DISC, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Each side carved in relief with a field of comma spirals set within narrow, raised borders, the translucent stone and of even yellow tone and finely polished
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diam., box, stand

Pre-Lot Text

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. MALCOLM E. MCPHERSON

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.

Lot Notes

A very similarly carved yellow jade bi of smaller size (12 cm. diam.) excavated from the mausoleum of the Prince of Chu at Shizishan, Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, and now in the Nanjing Museum, is illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China, vol. 7, Beijing, p. 104.

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