Sale 2389
New York
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14 September 2009
Price realised
USD 15,000
Estimate
A LARGE MOTTLED SEMI-OPAQUE PALE OLIVE AND BUFF JADE DISC, BI LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC Of slightly irregular thickness and retaining the original cutting marks on both sides, the central hole drilled from one side, the stone now semi-opaque and of pale olive tone with opaque buff areas and russet markings and veins 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
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