A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DISC, BI

MID WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC

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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DISC, BI
MID WARRING STATES PERIOD, CIRCA 400-300 BC
The disc is carved on one side with raised bosses in the form of comma spirals enclosing the central aperture within narrow raised borders. The reverse plain. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with areas of russet and green inclusions.
4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

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Lot Essay

Compare a similar jade disc excavated from the tomb of King of Zhongshan, Pinghsan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Cuo mu - Zhanguo Zhongshan guo guowang zhi mu, Beijing, 1996, col. pl. 40, fig. 1. A few areas on the rim of the present disc have altered to an emerald colour from being in contact with bronzes, suggesting that it was mounted on other vessels or hung on the walls as decoration.

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