Lot Essay
Compare to a jade bi with similar comma-scroll motifs in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in A Catalogue of National Palace Museum’s Special Exhibition of Circular Jade, Taipei, 2006, pl. 71.
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WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Details
A JADE ‘COMMA SCROLL’ RING, HUAN
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The ring is carved on both sides with comma-scrolls, the stone of a translucent yellowish-green tone.
5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) diam., box
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The ring is carved on both sides with comma-scrolls, the stone of a translucent yellowish-green tone.
5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1993
Brought to you by
Liang-Lin Chen (陳良玲)
VP, Senior Specialist Head of Sale