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A YELLOW-GREEN JADE DISK, BI, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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A YELLOW-GREEN JADE DISK, BI, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades, Paris, 2000, no. 82.

China, 5th century BC. Of circular form with a large, centrally drilled aperture. The disk is decorated with finely incised scrolls neatly arranged within narrow plain borders encircling the rim and enclosing the central aperture. The semi-translucent stone of yellowish green color with brown shadings and areas of creamy calcification.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition with wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, as well as small nicks.

Weight: 70 g
Dimensions: Diameter 11 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 the Chinese elite dating from the Neolithic period 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 closely related bi disk, dated to 5th-4th century BC, 13.6 cm in diameter, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1919.24.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 19 March 2015, lot 577
Price: USD 30,000 or approx. EUR 34,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small pale greenish-white jade bi disc, China, late Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4th-3rd century BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color of the stone, and decoration. Note the smaller size (8 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 December 2022, lot 163
Estimate: GBP 119,700 or approx. EUR 155,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A green jade disc, bi, Eastern Zhou dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color of the stone, and decoration. Note the similar size (10 cm).

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