LATE SPRING AUTUMN PERIOD - EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 570 - 400 BC

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A LARGE JADE 'DRAGONS AND CLOUDS' DISC, BI
LATE SPRING AUTUMN PERIOD - EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 570 - 400 BC
Both sides of the disc are carved in low relief with various types of scrolls and cloud motifs incorporating seven abstract dragons. The surfaces have been covered under white alteration.
7 9⁄16 in. (19.1 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1993

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find a bi disc of this size carved with a pattern of abstract dragons. A smaller bi disc (12.5 cm.) carved with a similar pattern is illustrated in Jades of Spring and Autumn Period, Taipei, 2010, no. 28 (fig. 1); and another (15 cm.) with less distinctive features of dragons, was excavated from the Tomb of Marqui Yi of Zeng, Suizhou, Hubei Province, and illustrated in Zhongguo kaogu wenwu zhi mei, vol. 5, Beijing, p. 144 (upper left).

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