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A MOTTLED CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE
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A MOTTLED CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DISK, BI, NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris. A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 45, no. 60.

Exhibited:
1. Pointe-à-Callière Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Montréal, 17th November 2016-19th March 2017.
2. Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, 4th March-19th August 2018.

China, c. 2200-1900 BC. Of circular form with a central aperture drilled from both sides with a ridge being present. The opaque stone with varying hues of pale celadon with dark inclusions and veins, areas of russet shading and patches of creamy calcification.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition
: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, minuscule nicks, smoothened chips, and natural fissures, some of which have developed into hairline cracks.

Weight: 765 g
Dimensions: Diameter 18 cm

Bi disks, in general, are a type of jade which continued to be crafted in numbers by cultures located in central and northwest China during the transitional period between the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The majority of these disks range in size between ten and twenty centimeters, and larger ones are rare. Their size and weight, requiring both hands to hold them, suggest that these imposing disks were displayed and used in a ritual context. The hole is usually drilled from one side only: on larger disks, it is smoothed down and the traces of the tool marks are almost invisible.

Jade disks such as the current example have been thought to symbolize a connection between heaven and earth. This hypothesis has been solidified by the large number of examples found in ancient tombs of Chinese elite dating from the Neolithic to the Han Dynasty, also underscoring their significance as objects deemed important enough to accompany one to the afterlife. The Chinese character for jade, "玉" (yù), is even a pictural representation of three such disks suspended on a cord, an image that is also found in the Chinese character for king, "王" (wáng), which further emphasizes the precious nature and cultural significance of such disks.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related opaque, mottled celadon and brown bi disk, dated to 3300-2200 BC, diameter 22,5 cm, in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.43.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 December 2023, lot 719
Estimate: HKD 95,250 or approx. EUR 11,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A celadon jade disc, bi, Neolithic period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, and mottled celadon and russet color. Note the size (diameter 21 cm).

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