Lot 100. A small beige jade disc, Warring States period-Han dynasty (475 BC-AD 220); Diameter 1¾ in., 4.5 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 23,940 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
of circular section centered with an aperture, each side carved with a ground of raised spirals, the inner and outer edges with a raised rim, the translucent stone a greenish-beige tone with fine russet veining, stand.
From the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton.
Provenance: Bernstein & Co., San Francisco, 13th February 1999.
Literature: Private Passions: Connoisseurship in Collecting Chinese Art, S. Bernstein & Co., San Francisco, 1998, pl. 5.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 September 2021