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A MOTTLED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE

A MOTTLED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE Published: Filippo Salviati, 4000 years of Chinese Archaic Jades, Edition Zacke, 2017, p. 99, fig. 116. China, early Bronze Age, Qijia culture, c. 2200-1600 BC. Of circular form with a central aperture drilled from one side with a tapering edge. The variegated, translucent jade is primarily white in color with russet speckles and pale gray shadings. Provenance: Viennese private collection, acquired from Galerie Zacke in the early 2000s. Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Signs of weathering, nibbling to edges smoothened over time, and minor chips. The stone has natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks. Weight: 136 g Dimensions: Diameter 11.9 cm Expert’s note: According to Filippo Salviati, jade disks from central and north-western China are drilled from only one side. Once the perforation was finished, the core was snapped off, leaving a tiny, rough ridge, which is visible in the present lot. Salviati observes in his analysis of the present lot that the disk is “carved from a purer quality of translucent whitish jade that was probably obtained from deposits in Xinjian province.” Literature comparison: Compare a related celadon jade bi disk similarly carved from only one side, 16 cm in diameter, dated to the late Neolithic period, in the British Museum, accession number 1909,0506.7. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2023, lot 3802 Price: HKD 101,600 or approx. EUR 12,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A grayish-celadon jade disk, Huan, Neolithic period Expert remark: Compare the related form and color of jade with similar shading. Note the similar size (11.8 cm).

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A MOTTLED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE

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