A JADE ‘DRAGON’ BI DISK, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
China, 10th-9th century BC. The jade disk is carved on both sides with profiles of dragon heads and joined by scroll motifs. The contours and details are rendered with double-line grooves. The translucent stone is of a pale celadon tone with russet and brown shadings and veins.


Provenance:
From an old private collection in Budapest, Hungary, acquired during the first half of the 20th century.

Condition:
Good condition commensurate with age with some ancient wear, minor chips and nibbles, signs of weathering and erosion. The stone with natural inclusions and fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time.

Weight: 177.3 g
Dimensions: Diameter 14.5 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a related jade bi, 17 cm diameter, dated to the Spring and Autumn period, ca. 7th-6th century BC, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S1987.674.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2730
Price: HKD 437,500 or approx.
EUR 57,000,
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A celadon jade ‘dragon’ disc, bi, mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related circular form and decoration with similar double-line grooves. Note the much smaller size (6.1 cm).




西周龍紋玉璧

中國，西元前十至九世紀。玉璧兩面陰線雙槽雕刻龍紋，身飾羽形斑紋，長卷尾。青綠色玉質，局部有白色和褐色沁斑。


來源：
匈牙利布達佩斯私人舊藏，購於上世紀上半葉。

品相：
狀況良好，有一些磨損、輕微的磕損，以及風化和侵蝕的跡象。玉料有天然內沁和紋理，有些隨著時間的推移已經發展成細小裂紋。

重量：177.3 克
尺寸：直徑14.5 釐米


文獻比較：

比較一件相近的約公元七至六世紀春秋時期玉璧，直徑17 厘米，收藏於史密森學會國立亞洲藝術博物館，收藏編號 S1987.674。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2018年11月28日，lot 2730
價格：HKD 437,500（相當於今日
EUR 57,000
）
描述：西周中期青玉龍紋璧
專家評論：比較非常相近圓形形狀和裝飾，具有類似的雙線凹槽。請注意尺寸較小(6.1 厘米)。