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LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
Details
A JADE ‘DOUBLE PHOENIX’ BI
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
The disc is well-carved to both sides of the surface in relief with a band of comma spirals within inner and outer raised borders, and flanked on the edges by a pair of phoenix. The semi-translucent stone is of a greyish-white colour with areas of russet inclusions and opaque white-coloured calcification.
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) wide, box
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
The disc is well-carved to both sides of the surface in relief with a band of comma spirals within inner and outer raised borders, and flanked on the edges by a pair of phoenix. The semi-translucent stone is of a greyish-white colour with areas of russet inclusions and opaque white-coloured calcification.
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 70
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 70
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