WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

Details

A JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON’ DISC, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The bi is carved and pierced in the centre with a dragon in profile, surrounded by comma-spirals.
3 1/4 in. (8.4 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1996

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Lot Essay

A almost identical jade bi reticulated with a dragon in the centre was unearthed from the Nanyue King tomb in Guangzhou, illustrated in Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 42 (fig. 1).

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