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AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE (40.5 CM DIAMETER) MOTTLED DARK GREEN JADE DISK, BI, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE (40.5 CM DIAMETER) MOTTLED DARK GREEN JADE DISK, BI, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

China, c. 3000-1800 BC. Of circular form, with a centrally drilled aperture retaining the cutting marks on the walls. The finely polished, mostly opaque stone of variegated shades of dark green and turquoise with cloudy white inclusions and patches of grayish-brown alteration.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Signs of prolonged burial including minor encrustations and small areas of corrosion with associated minute losses, traces of weathering, few minuscule nicks, the stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into thin hairline cracks.

Weight: 5,008 g
Dimensions: Diameter 40.5 cm

Exceptionally large bi like the current example are exceedingly rare, with even the largest comparable disks recorded in private and public collections seldomly exceeding 30 cm and most ranging between 10 and 20 cm. Among the large variety of the artifacts of the Neolithic period, the present bi is close to those of the Liangzhu culture in the Yangtze River Delta, which flourished from the late 4th to the end of the 3rd millennium BC, and was one of the most prominent Neolithic Chinese civilizations. These plain disks, together with the squared cylinders known as cong, form an essential ritual pair in Liangzhu burials of high-status individuals.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related jade bi disk, 38-39 cm diameter, attributed to the Longshan-Qijia System, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, object number 中玉000634N000000000. Compare a related Liangzhu jade bi, 34.2 cm diameter, formerly in the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung and now in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.246. Compare a related Liangzhu jade bi disk, 32 cm diameter, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1917.974.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 277
Price: USD 194,500 or approx. EUR 250,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A very rare and unusually large dark green jade bi, Late Neolithic period, Northwest China, circa 2000 BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, stone, and manner of carving. Note the size (34.1 cm)

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2022, lot 3
Estimate: HKD 1,326,000 or approx. EUR 153,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large green jade circular disc, bi, Neolithic Period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, stone, and manner of carving. Note the size (33.5 cm)

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拍品估价:7,500 - 15,000 欧元 起拍价格:3,800 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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