LOT 76 A JADE DISK, BI, LIANGZHU CULTURE
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A JADE DISK, BI, LIANGZHU CULTUREJade. China, late Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCOf circular form with a central aperture drilled from both sides to form an encircling ridge. The variegated stone of pale green and light brown color with extensive grayish-white patches and veining. Few translucent areas of the stone appear red when light is shone through from the other side.Museum comparison: Compare a closely related bi, also dated to the Liangzhu culture, c. 2500 BC, 19.1 cm diameter, in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1937,0416.8. Compare a related bi, also dated to the Liangzhu culture, in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1918.23.Auction comparison: Compare a closely related bi, also attributed to the Liangzhu culture, 18.5 cm diameter, at Christie’s Hong Kong in The Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, Part I on 27 November 2019, lot 2722 (sold for HKD 212,500). Compare a related bi, also attributed to the Liangzhu culture, 17 cm diameter, at Christie’s New York in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part III on 19 March 2015, lot 516 (sold for USD 12,500).DIAMETER 19 cm Provenance: Austrian private collection.
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