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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A MOTTLED GREEN AND PALE BEIGE OPAQUE JADE BI DISC
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
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A MOTTLED GREEN AND PALE BEIGE OPAQUE JADE BI DISC
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The jade disc has a small central aperture drilled from both sides with cutting marks on the surface. The stone is of a mottled dark green color suffused with a dense network of buff-colored alteration. Together with a hardstone bi disc, Northwest or Southwest China, 2nd millennium BC, has a central aperture drilled from one side. The stone is of mottled brown and greenish-grey tone, with matte surface.
6 ¾ in. (17.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The jade disc has a small central aperture drilled from both sides with cutting marks on the surface. The stone is of a mottled dark green color suffused with a dense network of buff-colored alteration. Together with a hardstone bi disc, Northwest or Southwest China, 2nd millennium BC, has a central aperture drilled from one side. The stone is of mottled brown and greenish-grey tone, with matte surface.
6 ¾ in. (17.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
Brought to you by
Olivia Hamilton