J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
135.
AN ARCHAIC JADE DISC (BI)
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 9)
carved on both sides with small faceted bosses in a tight grid of incised lines framed by narrow plain borders, the pale green stone showing cloudy tan areas and darker mottling.
Diameter 3 13⁄16 inches (9.7 cm)
A very similar jade bi is illustrated by Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p. 47, no. 25b.
西漢 玉璧 徑9.7厘米
