Lot 1063
1063
A DARK GREEN JADE BI DISC
THE PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A DARK GREEN JADE BI DISC

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Details
A DARK GREEN JADE BI DISC
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The disc is carved on both sides with an inner ring of faceted bosses embellished with scrolls within a rope-twist border, and an outer ring of four horned bovine heads that face outward and are conjoined by long intertwined scrolls. The semi-translucent stone is of mottled dark green color.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired in Japan prior to 1996.

Lot Essay

A very similar dark green jade bi disc of slightly larger size (21 cm. diam.) is illustrated by J. Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 254, no. 15:4. Another of comparable size (18.7 cm.) is illustrated by M. Loehr in Relics of Ancient China from the Collection of Dr. Paul Singer, The Asia Society, New York, 1965, p. 110, no. 76.

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