A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVED JADE DISC, BI

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVED JADE DISC, BI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The disc is carved with several clambering chilong diving in and out of scrolling clouds. The stone is beige-grey in tone with white and minor russet areas.
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sold in these rooms, 1 December 1997, lot 1.

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar jade bi carved more densely with dragons from the R. C. Bruce Collection, included in 'The International Exhibition of Chinese Art', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, catalogue no. 2784. It is also interesting to compare the 14th/15th century ivory circular plaque carved with a very similar design of chilong in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated, but not exhibited, in Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, 1984, p. 32, no. 13.

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