10 novembre 2019

A green and brown jade disc, bi, Zhou dynasty

A green and brown jade disc, bi, Zhou dynasty (1050-221 BC)

Lot 209. A green and brown jade disc, bi, Zhou dynasty. Diameter 16.2 cm, 6⅜ in. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 11,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the flat surface with a circular aperture, the stone a mottled green tone suffused with opaque dark-russet areas.

Provenance: Collection of Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong.
Christie's London, 6th June 2000, lot 5.
 
Exhibited: Stones of Virtue. Chinese Jades from the Gerald Godfrey Collection, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, 1989, cat. no. 14.
San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 06 Nov 2019


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