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A LARGE AND COMPLETE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE NINE-SECTION DISK, BI, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE
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A LARGE AND COMPLETE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE NINE-SECTION DISK, BI, LATE 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. 46, no. 73.

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

China, c. 2200-1900 BC. Of circular form, composed of nine flat arc-shaped sections cut from a single piece of jade, each fashioned with straight edges and a beveled inner rim, as well as pierced with three holes drilled from one side to allow the sections to be joined together. The semi-translucent stone of a celadon tone with brown shadings and patches of creamy ivory-white calcification.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition with wear, signs of prolonged burial, traces of weathering, old smoothened losses, minute nicks, the stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks.

Weight: 1,764 g
Dimensions: Diameter 30.4 cm

Mounted on a transparent acrylic base. (10)

Segmented disks constitute a distinct category of jade objects, predominantly attested among the archaeological finds of north-western China, particularly within the Qijia culture. These disks were typically made from several arched segments, often cut from a single block of jade. In some cases, the segments were superimposed in such a way that the natural markings and veining of the stone align, clearly indicating that each segment was a ‘slice’ of the same original piece. It is plausible that this method of production was employed to maximize the use of the raw material and to create disks larger than the available blocks of jade would otherwise allow. Once cut and shaped, the segments were assembled and secured by cords threaded through perforations at their extremities. Segmented disks are also attested at sites dating to the Shang and Zhou periods, although they may in fact represent heirlooms or relics from earlier times.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related, slightly later and larger jade nine-segmented bi, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, 43.8 cm diameter, illustrated and exhibited by J. J. Lally, Ancient Chinese Jade, 15-29 March 2018, no. 80. Compare a related celadon and russet jade three-section disk from the Qijia culture, dated c. 2250-1900 BC, 12.1 cm diameter, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Art, accession number S2012.9.143a-c.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2023, lot 3801
Price: HKD 76,200 or approx. EUR 8,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A set of three arc-shaped celadon jade pendants, huang, Neolithic period-early Shang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form, manner of carving, and stone. Note that the bi is composed of only three segments, as opposed to nine on the present lot.

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