Lot 2. A mottled pale beige and green jade bi disc, 3rd millennium BC, Liangzhu culture; 57⁄8 in. (15 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020

The thick disc has a central aperture drilled from both sides, the inner walls with remains of pronounced cutting ridges. The stone is suffused with a network of brown and buff-colored alteration on one side, and is almost completely altered on the reverse.

Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Provenance: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection. 18 Nov - 9 Dec 2020