WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

Details

A LARGE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ DISC, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The disc is carved with a band of comma swirls, enclosed by a band of archaic scrolls of deconstructed dragons.
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1994

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Lot Essay

A jade disc with very similar interlocking dragons and grid motifs was unearthed from the Nanyue King tomb in Guangzhou, illustrated in Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 121 (fig. 1).

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