AN OPAQUE JADE COLLARED DISC
AN OPAQUE JADE COLLARED DISC
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AN OPAQUE JADE COLLARED DISC

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1100 BC

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AN OPAQUE JADE COLLARED DISC
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1100 BC

The disc is carved with a large central aperture surrounded by a narrow ring rising above the encircling, flat disc.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1988

Lot Essay

Compare to a similar but larger collared disc in the Aurora Art Museum (18 cm.) , illustrated in Jades of Shang Dynasty, Taipei, 2010, no. 46, pp.88-89. Compare also a jade collared disc in the National Palace Museum collection, dated Shang or early Western Zhou dynasty (fig.1).

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