Lot Essay
For a disc of very similar size and decoration see Gugong Guyu Tulu (Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artifacts in The National Palace Museum), Taipei, 1982, no. 198
For others see Alfred Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1952, p. 200, pl. LXXIII, nos. 1 and 2; Yang Boda, Chinese Archaic Jades From The Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, Catalogue, no. 199; and Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade From The Neolithic To The Qing, London, 1995, Catalogue, p. 253, no. 15:2
A slightly larger moss-green agate ring of similar type was included in the exhibition, Jades from China, The Museum Of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, and illustrated by Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney in the Catalogue, p. 230, no. 123, where the authors discuss the use of these bracelets or rings, as well as the differences in carving from the Warring States to Early Western Han period
For others see Alfred Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1952, p. 200, pl. LXXIII, nos. 1 and 2; Yang Boda, Chinese Archaic Jades From The Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, Catalogue, no. 199; and Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade From The Neolithic To The Qing, London, 1995, Catalogue, p. 253, no. 15:2
A slightly larger moss-green agate ring of similar type was included in the exhibition, Jades from China, The Museum Of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, and illustrated by Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney in the Catalogue, p. 230, no. 123, where the authors discuss the use of these bracelets or rings, as well as the differences in carving from the Warring States to Early Western Han period
