A VERY RARE OPAQUE TAUPE AND RUSSET JADE BI

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC

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A VERY RARE OPAQUE TAUPE AND RUSSET JADE BI
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The disc tapering very slightly from the central hole to the outer edge, the inner walls of the central hole and outer edge well polished as are the two faces of the disc, the stone now opaque and of mottled taupe, ivory-sand and russet color
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, prior to 1966.

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Lot Essay

The opacity and markings in the stone of this bi are similar to one also ascribed to the Liangzhu culture, illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, 1995, p. 132, no. 4:1. See, also, two other bi of more ivory tone from the Liangzhu culture, excavated in Yuhang, Zhejiang province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China - 8 - Zhejiang, Beijing, 2005, pp. 133 and 138.

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