Lot 2950
2950
A PALE GREY-GREEN AND MOTTLED BROWN JADE BI DISC
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PALE GREY-GREEN AND MOTTLED BROWN JADE BI DISC

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC

Details
A PALE GREY-GREEN AND MOTTLED BROWN JADE BI DISC
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC
7 3⁄4 in. (19.7 cm.) diam.
Provenance
B. K. Wong, Hong Kong, 22 May 1987
The Dongxi Studio Collection
Literature
Nicole De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 1995, p. 36, no. 6.
Exhibited
Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Kredietbank Gallery, Brussels, 25 October - 17 December 1995; Kredietbank Luxembourg, 1 February - 13 April 1996, no. 6.

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Lot Essay

Compare the plain bi of larger size (32.1 cm. diam.) with similar small central aperture and opaque ivory-coloured alteration at the outer edge, Qijia culture, found at Houliugoucun, Jingning, Gansu province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 15, Beijing, 2005, p. 5 (fig. 1).

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