TWO JADE CIRCULAR DISCS, HUAN

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC

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TWO JADE CIRCULAR DISCS, HUAN
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The first disc is carved with a central aperture and left plain on both sides. The second disc is decorated on one side with abstract scrolling dragons.
Larger: 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

Lot Essay

Compare to a jade huan with similar incised dragon design, excavated from tomb M560, Liangdai county, Shaanxi province, illustrated in The Cultural Grandeur of the Western Zhou Dyansty, Taipei, 2012, no. 125, p. 231.

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