FOUR SMALL JADE ORNAMENTS

EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 6TH-3RD CENTURY BC

Details

FOUR SMALL JADE ORNAMENTS
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 6TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Comprising: a small grey-green disc of notched outline, carved in low relief on both sides with zoomorphic scrolls; a flat translucent disc finely carved on one side with three concentric bands of scrolls, pierced for attachment; a flat opaque disc carved on both sides with scrolls, the inner and outer rims notched, with two birds projecting from the outer rim; and a semi-translucent huang of pale olive-white and brown color, carved on both sides with commas between tiger heads at the pierced ends
1 3/8, 1 7/8, 1 7/8 and 3 1/8 in. (3.6, 4.7, 4.7 and 8 cm.) across (4)

Provenance

First disc: acquired before 1978.
Second disc: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
Third disc: Chang Nai-chi Collection.
C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.
Huang: C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Frank Caro, New York, 1964.

Exhibited

Disc with birds: Archaic Chinese Jades, The University Museum, Philadelphia, February 1940, pl. X, no. 87.
Huang: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 1950, pl. XLIV (1).
4000 Years of Chinese Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, October-November 1958, no. 84.
The Arts of China, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York, February 4-March 27, 1977.
An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo & Co. at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 1950, pl. LI (8).

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Lot Essay

The two circular ornaments with notched edges, and scrolls carved on both sides, are similar to one dated to the Warring States period, excavated from Tomb No. 1 (Burial Mound No. 19) at Shitangzhen, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 8, Beijing, 2005, p. 166, which has notched outer and inner edges.

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