Possibly Neolithic, Hongshan Culture, 3500-2500 BCE The outer edge of the circular flattened disc carved with three blade like notches, each set with additional smaller notches, the center with a circular aperture, the greenish-yellow stone with areas of russet inclusions. 2 3/4in (7cm) across,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:或為新石器時代紅山文化 公元前3500-2500年 玉牙璧Literature: Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 33, no. 7出版：羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版7，頁33A larger notched disc (5 inches diam.) with four truncated arcs sweeping out from the center in a symmetrical arrangement and dated to the Neolithic period, circa 3rd/2nd millennium BCE, is illustrated by J. J Lally & Co. Oriental Art, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art, New York, 1994, no. 33 and is accompanied by a lengthy footnote regarding their production. The introduction to the catalogue also illustrates a line drawing of another notched disc from the Dawenkou-Longshan culture.For further discussion of archaic notched discs, see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, London, 1995, pp.160-163.